Trump is trying to shove 4 years of China policy into 4 months

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-is-trying-to-shove-4-years-of-china-policy-into-4-months/ar-BB17tarj

One month President Trump's former National Security Adviser, John Bolton, publishes a White House memoir exposing him as weak on China. The next, Trump is throwing a veritable kitchen sink of aggressive policies at Beijing in an effort to look tough ahead of the November election.

If that kind of belligerent 180 between two world powers seems dangerous to you, that's because it is. Until (and if) Trump leaves office in January, relations between the US and China will be in free fall.

Up until now Trump has avoided taking a tough stance on China because he's been obsessed with securing a trade deal that would impress his base and supposedly prove how much of a "dealmaker" he is. But last week in one of his coronavirus press conferences, Trump told reporters that he was setting the deal aside, opening the door to a more aggressive stance.

This abandonment of a further trade deal coincides with a flurry of activity on the China policy front over the last few weeks. We've gone from zero to Mad Max.

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