Posted on 08/18/2018 6:37:17 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Back in June Paul and I both noted the view of economist Irwin Stelzer, who is no fan of Trump, that Trump might in fact win a trade war with China, because Trump has the better poker hand. And I concluded, “File this one away for further reference.”
Well lookie here, on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today:
U.S., China Plot Road Map to Resolve Trade Dispute by November
Chinese and U.S. negotiators are mapping out talks to try to end their trade standoff ahead of planned meetings between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at multilateral summits in November, said officials in both nations.
The planning represents an effort on both sides to keep a deepening trade dispute—which already has involved tariffs on billions of dollars of goods and could target hundreds of billions of dollars more—from torpedoing the U.S.-China relationship and shaking global markets.
Scheduled midlevel talks in Washington next week, which both sides announced on Thursday, will pave the way for November.
Of course, talks alone don’t assure a deal can be reached. But it does seem to me that China has blinked first.
Moreover, turns out some folks on the left think so, too. Robert Kuttner, editor of the lefty journal The American Prospect, wrote yesterday to his email list:
Trump as China Diplomat: Suppose His Shock Diplomacy Works? Trump started a tariff war with Beijing. China vowed to retaliate in kind. But Beijing was more vulnerable because China has more to lose—it exports far more than it imports and China indeed violates trade norms of fair pricing and fair access.
A number of commentators, me included, faulted Trump for the incoherence of his moves. But Trump’s blunderbuss approach seems to be harming the Chinese economy and catching the leadership off guard.
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Donald Trump has always been winning, the media will never admit it.
Why yes, he is. Why do you ask? LOL
Imagine where we would be in this Country if everyone in DC didn’t spend every waking hour trying to sabotage POTUS Trump and his Agenda.
I’m pretty sure Obama will be responsible if China gives in to the U.S.
I think it is in everybody’s interest to recognize we are in a new political environmen, and, while the USA isn’t prone to throw her weight around the world arbitrarily, she will if necessary to set things right.
No one else would have stayed the course (in my opinion) except this President. He had the unique background to see exactly how we were getting hosed. During the campaign Trump even said how other countries laugh in disbelief at what we let the rest of the world get away with.
But even more than that he has the GUTS to do what’s good for We the People.
Just because they didn’t recognize the moves doesn’t mean there wasn’t a plan.
Cracks may be starting to show in Xi Jinping’s absolute rule over China because of Trump’s trade war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3678407/posts
Trade War Update: China May Have Shot Self In Foot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3679608/posts
Trump’s Trade War Is Rattling China’s Leaders
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3679164/posts
Trump’s trade war advantage: The US economy is ‘firing on all cylinders,’ says expert
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3678790/posts
China’s communist leaders reportedly starting to buckle under pressure of Trump’s trade war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3678294/posts
China should cut its losses in the trade war by conceding defeat to Donald Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3678207/posts
China may have to resume U.S. soybean purchases in weeks: Oil World
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3677321/posts
They cannot win a trade war against us. Trump not only knows this (most do), but he has the balls to force the issue down their throats.
#MAGA!
For myself, I couldn’t care less if the trade war with China ever ends. Saving a few bucks on cheap crap at Walmart doesn’t affect my life all that much, and I’m far more concerned about them robbing us of our industrial base, our technologies, and threatening us militarily.
My rushmore
Again? You mean OVER & OVER !!
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Pretty much an unbroken string of winning....except for the concern trolls who tend to find “issues of concern” at the drop a a fake news rumor....
Or, they don’t like his manner!
“IS TRUMP WINNING AGAIN?”...………..
What the hell? “WINNING AGAIN”? When did he lose? Truth be known, he has a better “winning” track record than ANY politician before (and perhaps after) him.
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