Typical strawman. Trump started the trade war because the _deficit_ is huge, not because China's exporters have higher profit margins. The mentioned "research"

Typical strawman. Trump started the trade war because the _deficit_ is huge, not because China's exporters have higher profit margins. The mentioned "research" concluded that the trade war is going to "lower the bilateral trade deficit by 17 percent" after imposing tariff on $250 billion worth of imports from China. As the deficit is increasing every month, reduce it by 17% is like moving back to say one year ago.