“Trump fancies himself an ace negotiator, a skill that he has had some chance to hone in an embarrassing series of corporate bankruptcies”
LMAO. Who the hell is Kevin D. Williamson? Trump is worth billions and owns property all over the world. By any reasonable standard he is a very successful negotiator.
I checked the numbers and last year the US ran a $343 billion deficit with China, a $53 billion deficit with Mexico, and a $67 billion deficit with Japan. Trump’s position is that the trade deals with these countries need to be renegotiated so that they become more balanced. Does Kevin D. Williamson disagree?
Trump says that he is in favor of free trade. What Kevin D. Williamson doesn’t get is that in the real world, trade deals need to be negotiated. The numbers don’t lie. The politicians made bad deals with China, Mexico and Japan. Trump is right. Kevin D. Williamson is wrong.
In order to to that he needs to either force U.S. consumers to buy less or Chinese consumer to buy more. How will he do that?