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Richard Epstein considers whether Donald Trump has correctly assessed the threat from Chinese trade practices, analyzes whether widespread tariff increases are an effective tool to combat them, and explains why he reluctantly prefers Trump’s economic policies over those that may have emerged from a more conventional Republican president.
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1. The fact that the Trump economy clearly, vastly exceeds the economy that any other candidate could credibly have produced is not enough to keep Professor Epstein from taking copious potshots at Trump;
2. The fact that ONLY TRUMP has ever stood up to China in demanding adherence to WTO free trade requirements – which Europe has for the first time also demanded, now that they have Trump running interference for them, is not enough to keep Professor Epstein from taking copious potshots at Trump.
I think a fair minded analysis would give Trump a better than even money chance at obtaining a fair trade agreement from China. As Rush Limbaugh has pointed out, China cannot do without American trade as easily as America can do without China trade.