President Trump's much-heralded meeting with President Xi appears to have merely brought us a few steps closer to where we started at the beginning of this costly trade war, with little else to show for it and significant harm to American workers, businesses and farmers along the way. The President's incoherent and haphazard use of tariffs has left China with virtually the same tariffs as many of our allies in Southeast Asia and lower tariffs than Canada and Indiaâall just to get back to where we started on rare earth exports and to secure commitments on fentanyl precursors that were always within China's capacity. Ahead of a potential trip by President Trump to Beijing, it is incumbent on the Administration to correct its course and develop a stronger approach to protect America's economic and security interests."
Author: John Pike
Published at: 2025-10-30 22:23:35
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