> Unlike China, the US needs a legal reason for this sort of decision, not just the whim of whoever is in charge. Non-reciprocal trade/investment policy that d

> Unlike China, the US needs a legal reason for this sort of decision, not just the whim of whoever is in charge. Non-reciprocal trade/investment policy that disadvantages US companies, that's the legal reason right there. I understand a lot of trade policy is driven by similar kinds of things (e.g. reciprocally drop your tariffs and we'll drop ours).