Politics

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness - The real trade war wasn’t Trump’s—it was decades of lopsided deals, deficits, and double standards America tolerated while others profited... 1.Trump’s So-Called “Trade War.”... Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and fifty years of consecutive trade deficits “a trade war.” But then what do they call the policies of the past half-century by Europe, Asia, China, and others to ensure asymmetrical tariffs, pseudo-health and security trade restrictions, and large surpluses?

By Terence Jeffrey, The Daily Signal - “And all of America is paying attention to what you are saying,” Schumer claimed to Booker—according to the Congressional Record... “All of America needs to know there are so many problems because of the disastrous actions of this administration in terms of how they are helping only the billionaires and hurting average families."... In just the first two months of this year, the United States ran a $52.9 billion trade deficit with China. That was the largest trade deficit the United States ran with any nation... Schumer and Booker are not helping American families by opposing Trump’s efforts to counter China.