From Indy Politics [1]:
Trump has responded to every trade grievance, real or imagined [2], with the same tactic: tariffs. There are smarter, more tailored responses available [3]such as seeking redress for trade abuses through the World Trade Organization [4] or tackling technology misappropriation [5] head on.
Endnotes
- “Indy Politics”: http://indypolitics.org/making-sense-of-trumps-trade-policy/
- “imagined”: https://www.weeklystandard.com/michael-warren/trade-wars-and-tariffs-does-donald-trump-even-understand-trade-deficits-and-surpluses
- “more tailored responses available”: https://www.rstreet.org/2018/12/06/the-right-way-to-discipline-china-trumps-mercurial-trade-and-tariff-tricks-wont-get-the-job-done/
- “the World Trade Organization”: https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/disciplining-chinas-trade-practices-wto-how-wto-complaints-can-help
- “technology misappropriation”: https://www.cato.org/blog/how-world-trade-organization-can-curb-chinas-intellectual-property-transgressions