The tariffs turn out to be more “flexible” that people thought, but that may just be the beginning. Moving forward while backing down is no small feat. But the president managed it last week. On live TV. Donald Trump pushed ahead with plans to impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on […]
“Trump has no choice but to take hard line on China” Our regular commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute in Washington DC says Mr Trump now has no choice but to take a hard line on China, given Beijing’s reluctance to use its influence on North Korea.
All Trump’s Trade Wars This isn’t the trade war you’re looking for. Irwin Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 2/27/18 Big Stock To ask coherence of President Trump is to ask too much of a man with the attention span of a tweet, and for whom cognitive dissonance is not something he spends nights losing sleep over. So we […]
“Trump has no choice but to take hard line on China” Our regular commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute in Washington DC says Mr Trump now has no choice but to take a hard line on China, given Beijing’s reluctance to use its influence on North Korea.
If Trump set your teeth on edge in 2017, prepare for a grinding 2018. The story coming out of the White House is that the need to garner congressional support for his tax cut forced the president to restrain his reformist-populist-belligerent instincts until his signature legislation was on the books. It now is, for better […]