Xi doesn’t need to worry about an election. The House, the Senate, and Trump do. The pain that the trade war will cause, hopefully in the short run, will create fallout for Congress and the administration.
Mr. DoodleDawg,
Which political party generally favors more protectionism -historically? The Democratic Party.
If Congress tries to restrain Trump on his tariff policy, it will be the Democrats (Schumer for example) that will cast votes for tariffs. Republicans are more of the “free traders”.
The ironic issue here, is that if a trade war costs Republicans seats in the Congress, Trumps tariff policy would likely be strengthened in Congress.
Thinking that “fallout” from the election will weaken the tariff policy sounds backward to me.