Donald Trump And The Future Of U.S.- China Relations

By Worldview
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Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump holds a plane-side rally in a hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio, Monday, March 14, 2016. Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo
Donald Trump File
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump holds a plane-side rally in a hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio, Monday, March 14, 2016. Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo

Donald Trump And The Future Of U.S.- China Relations

By Worldview
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Speaking at a steel plant earlier this week, Donald Trump tied the loss of jobs in the steel industry to globalization. 

Trump promised he’d rip up existing international trade deals and take on China. He promised that if he is elected, he would “label China a currency manipulator,” “bring trade cases against China,” and apply new tariffs on China. 

We take a look at Trump’s policy prescriptions with regards to U.S. China relations with Ted Fishman, an op-ed columnist at USA Today and author of China Inc.