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Re: The U.S. has put on hold its plan to impose sweeping tariffs on China

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Yes, it looks the same.

But it's different from the motive viewpoint. Obama backed down because he was bluffing. Trump backed down because he is corrupt.

Trump got his loan. Now he is easy-going and wants a constructive relationship with China.

He pulled the same trick on Qatar for his son-in-law.

He is trying the same sort of thing in Europe which has a stronger anti-bribe tradition (although the Germans have been up to naughty stuff re Russian gas).

This guy Trump is cancer to diplomacy, law and international fair-dealing. In this way, he's similar to Putin.

The last three presidents have all had massive weaknesses on foreign policy, in my opinion.




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The U.S. has put on hold its plan to impose sweeping tariffs on China
By: clo
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Sun, 20 May 18 10:00 PM
Msg. 25276 of 54959

Cactus Flower, much like Obama didn't follow through with his 'red line', Trump does the same in different areas.

The U.S. has put on hold its plan to impose sweeping tariffs on China as it presses forward with talks to reduce its trade deficit with Beijing
Sunday, May 20, 2018 11:38 AM EST

Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said on Sunday that the two countries had made progress as they concluded two days of intense trade negotiations in Washington late last week. The planned tariffs — on Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as $150 billion worth of other Chinese goods — are off the table while the talks proceed, he said.

“We’re putting the trade war on hold,” Mr. Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday.”

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