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‘This Will Be Difficult To Win’: As Clock Ticks, Trump Confronts Reality Of ‘Proper’ Trade War With China
Back on May 19, Steve Mnuchin managed to secure what was briefly billed as a "truce" with China on trade.
Given the myriad escalations and contentious rhetoric that have defined the trade narrative in the two months since, it's easy to forget that after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Washington on Friday, May 18, the White House released the following statement the next day:
On the heels of that, Mnuchin made the Sunday talk show rounds, telling Fox News that for the time being
The manchild and his playmates at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, DC,seem not to realise that the light ahead is the proverbial oncoming train. China may just refuse to deal with Mnuchin, or deal with him as with an errant schoolboy – “write 100 times, ‘I will not mess with China again'” – so as to let the administration suffer big time in the coming elections, as it deserves to do for a long list of reasons, not just trade.
Steve what’s your thought on how things would be if Hillary was elected?
Just curious….
Preston, since donald trump was elected, what’s your opinion on the way things are with China?