“with no major breakthrough. Pundits who had hoped for a good trade deal between the U.S. and China are surely disappointed”
When they surrender and admit to dumping, currency manipulation, technology theft, extortion and intimidation of American manufacturers and who knows what else, sure. Then we get a major breakthrough.
Not before.
The Chinese if anything, are patient.
I think Trump should have went forward with the additional tariffs. We have tried the carrot with China since Bush 41 only to have it shoved up our rear ends by the Chicoms. Communists understand the stick and we should use it until they play by the rules everyone else does. The current tariffs really haven’t even kicked in good yet.
Of course the globalists, elites and neocons are all in a tizzy because tariffs tear down their self-enrichment plans at the USA’s expense, screw them! If we don’t do this under Trump it will never happen.