You're highly misinformed. Trump never cared about the IP angle, only deficits. The IP angle came out of a report that was long in the works. Furthermore it doe

You're highly misinformed. Trump never cared about the IP angle, only deficits. The IP angle came out of a report that was long in the works. Furthermore it doesn't make sense to talk about bilateral trade figures. China has basically balanced trade with the world because it sources inputs from abroad. That's also without talking about the services trade of which China buys a great deal from us.