I support the guy. I really do.
I am just saying, China has structurally abused the America/China trading policies since they opened to the outside world.
Trump needs to be (far) more aggressive with China.
They are a trading partner, but most of the trade goes from Chinese factories, and is sold to America.
This has been going on now for about 30 years. Every single year, getting worse.
And worse.
And worse. Always worse. It certainly doesn’t help any that so many American firms are ready and willing to sell their entire operations to China.
But structurally, something really has to change.
China needs to be MORE OPEN TO FOREIGN GOODS.
We do not need to just sell beef. We need to open their entire system.
Nobody has done that. And it just keeps getting worse, every single year.
Republicans have been aok with that. Democrats have been aok with that. 16 of the 19 presidential candidates in the last election, were all on the side of China.
Only Trump, Sanders and Santorum were running last year, with any sort of pro-American platform.
I think that is part of the reason Trump won.
But he really, really needs to be more aggressive on this subject.
Trade and the Border, are the two issues which won over quite a lot of Americans in the election.
Be for what you ran on, Trump.
Good job winning, but don’t forget we voted for what you were running on.
Once more, you beat on Trump for something that Congress has to endorse.
I would not want a Trump that could force Congress to do anything just by wishing it. He might be virtuous today but what if he becomes vicious tomorrow?
“China needs to be MORE OPEN TO FOREIGN GOODS.
We do not need to just sell beef. We need to open their entire system.”
In China, that has a specific meaning that we ignore. They will simply not surrender that kind of power upon our demand. They don’t see a need for it as they are expanding globally. And it taps into the historical resentment of the Brits and the opium wars era demanding that westerners set the rules for trade in China.
We can do much better with them, but its pipe dream that China would agree to become just another administrative district of the globalism NWO, run from DC and Brussels. Their markets will remain somewhat restricted, and they will not surrender management of their currency, no matter how much we scream.
We had far more negotiating power when we were not a debtor nation. But I do think Trump will get the best deal possible for any American leader. Nobody else will even come close.