The dumb thing about this was we had a better solution: the TPP. The whole point was to band every single trading partner and rival of China into a trade allia

The dumb thing about this was we had a better solution: the TPP. The whole point was to band every single trading partner and rival of China into a trade alliance against it. It would have had way more juice behind it, come at a time before things like EV subsidies, and wouldn't have directly cost American consumers anything!