Trump’s tougher stance on China put to test amid escalating trade fight, stalled North Korea talks
By David Nakamura and David Nakamura Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow Ashley Parker Ashley Parker White House reporter Email Bio Follow May 7 at 6:51 PM President Trump’s brinkmanship with China this week represents a test of his administration’s tougher foreign policy toward the East Asian power as he seeks to clinch a hard-fought trade deal while preserving Beijing’s cooperation on North Korea.
White House aides discounted the influence of Bannon, who also made his case in a Fox Business Network appearance.
Trump campaigned on ending lopsided trade relationships, and since taking office he has forced allies and rivals to the negotiating table through tariffs and threats to tear up trade deals. On China, the administration abandoned decades of U.S. policy aimed at managing its peaceful rise and integration into the global economic and security systems in favor of a more competitive and confrontational relationship.
Trump’s approach “threw the Chinese off their game,” said Evan Medeiros, who served as senior Asia director in the Obama White House. But instead of raising the ante, he added, Chinese officials responded in relative moderation, imposing commensurate tariffs but tempering their rhetoric and maintaining robust dialogue with U.S. officials.
But Sunday evening, in a pair of tweets, the president renewed that threat and also said he was considering imposing a 25 percent tax on another $325 billion of goods. A person with knowledge of the White House deliberations said Trump was angered when U.S. negotiators told him the Chinese were reneging on a commitment over enforcement of intellectual property theft and over the timing of market openings in certain sectors.
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