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Trump, Tariffs, and Textbook Protectionism
China-US Focus ^ | Today | Sourabh Gupta

Posted on 03/19/2018 2:18:04 AM PDT by cba123

In his seven-point economic plan to 'Make America Great Again', presidential candidate Donald Trump had promised to "use every lawful presidential power to remedy trade disputes if China [did] not stop its illegal activities, including its theft of American trade secrets." To this end, he enumerated an unusually detailed list of statutory and unconventional trade policy enforcement tools – Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1962; Section 201 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 – with which he would punitively sanction China.

(this is a somewhat detailed article, I actually read it but especially wanted to make a remark on the first comment on the article)

I only quoted the first paragraph. Please see the link, for the full article.

(Excerpt) Read more at chinausfocus.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: america; china; trade
The remark was (paraphrasing this):

How is it possible for a nation which runs a trade deficit, to come out of a conflict with a nation which runs a trade surplus, not ahead of the game?

I completely agree.

For 30 years, people have been selling out America.

It is time, to build our own country up, once again.

1 posted on 03/19/2018 2:18:04 AM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

https://www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/trump-tariffs-and-textbook-protectionism


2 posted on 03/19/2018 2:18:25 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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China was given a free pass to join the WTO.


3 posted on 03/19/2018 2:23:56 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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Tariffs work.


4 posted on 03/19/2018 4:06:35 AM PDT by TheNext
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The trade war with China has been going full blast since Bill Clinton’s first term.

The US is just now finally starting to think about fighting back.


5 posted on 03/19/2018 4:24:33 AM PDT by BeauBo (")
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