Not exactly true. The goal is to balance trade...ie, fair trade by squeezing competing economies to reduce there current unfair tariffs and practices. With a long term view, it is better to fight to win and make the enemy surrender.
They might be upset to find the U.S. is likely to kill multiple birds with a single stone by lowering energy cost, negating the carbon argument, and making raw materials less expensive with a single move. Cost of energy remains the primary limitation restricting economic growth.
Last month a grant was established to underwrite development of a synthesis gas project to be located in North Dakota for utilization of varied grades of coal as an additional fuel source for Allam Cycle power generation. The first pilot plant located near Houston has focused upon testing with natural gas as the fuel. The coal process as fuel source for this specific system will now be developed.
In the context of selling bulk pipeline grade CO2 for boosting oil and gas recovery, atmospheric gases from dedicated air separation units, and chemical feed-stock recovered from fuel processing and combustion gas scavenging, LCOE for NG operation has been calculated to be possibly as low as $9 per MW of electricity produced, under ideal market conditions. Straight-up electrical generation cost without secondary product income sources is projected as $42 per MW.