Don’t most major wars have origins in some aspect of banking? While I applaud the sentiment of (finally) holding China’s feet to the fire over their currency manipulation, their flagrant IP theft, and their bullyboy antics in the South China Sea, I would be very careful about how I might approach such censure.
It’s one thing to hold a trading partner to higher expectations, and quite another to take steps that can all too easily be interpreted as economic warfare, especially when the target has a surplus of military-aged men and a burgeoning defense industry.
I am sure Trump would find the right approach, he has plenty of business experience.