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President Donald Trump’s deal to dramatically slash tariffs on China thrilled markets and offered a sliver of relief for businesses across the country. It also revealed an important lesson: Even Teflon Don can’t outrun economic reality.
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Abigail Ball, executive director of American Compass, a conservative economic think tank with ties to Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, called the 10 percent baseline “a huge Overton window shift.”
“This would have been unbelievable a year ago,” Ball said.
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The Case for a Hard Break With China
In Foreign Affairs, Oren Cass and Gabriela Rodriguez make the case for why economic de-risking is not enough
Bring Back Trump’s China Policy
Deterring China requires countering Xi’s economic warfare, not accommodation
Why China Matters to You
Twenty years into the foolish experiment of Chinese ascension to the World Trade Organization, America now has a strategic peer whose values and goals in conflict with our own. We have committed to an international system on the assumption that we would set its course, and face a hoisting by our own petard if adversaries gain leverage within its institutions.
