No Tariff ‘Liberation’ for China

Christopher Adams’ commentary was included in a Politico article exploring how President Donald Trump’s new 54 percent tariffs on China could affect the prospect for trade negotiations between the United States and China.

Christopher points out that “up until this point, there wasn’t much prospect for a real negotiation because China wanted to wait and see what Trump was going to do with further tariffs.” Regarding China’s approach, Christopher states that “the top leadership seems to have had the mindset that ‘we can eat bitterness’ and get through this and we have ways to hit back.”