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Nothing Trump has done has come close to the massive gift Trump gave China by killing the TPP. This idea that Trump is somehow harder on China is laughable. T
by addicted 6y ago
Nothing Trump has done has come close to the massive gift Trump gave China by killing the TPP.
This idea that Trump is somehow harder on China is laughable.
Trump has been screaming China loudly, but his actions amount to barely a whimper, and the cost has been paid overwhelmingly by Americans.
TPP on the other hand would have actually been effective by giving American companies 4-5 alternative countries they could relocate their operations too, with the added incentive that the TPP requirements would have protected their IP from being stolen like it is in China. And it would have cost the US nothing, because the relocated businesses were not in the US anyways, but were in China.
In fact, the added diversity of countries to manufacture would have probably made it even more of a win for the US.
The idea that Trump has been anything but a massive gift for China is ridiculous. There’s a reason China has ramped up its aggressiveness worldwide towards the end of the Trump admin (although they are probably clearly overreaching, but they realize this might be their last chance to make hay without the US doing anything).
- tanilama 6y agoSeconded Trump did go all out with his Trump card, trade and tariff. But he can do so much more without playing this card to this extent. Fear is what motivates people, the ideal that China would subject to all around 25% tariffs would put Xi on the edge. But Trump actually just went and realized the consequences because he thought he could. Now the fear factor is gone. Surprisingly little had accomplished. Decoupling is sealed. CCP headliners had proved their view of US is always right and controls the narrative. And the means to further escalation on the table is war. Pretty unwitty and wasteful if you ask me.