CNN (February 24)
China is “the real winner from the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling.” As major trade partners face “renewed uncertainty,” the “dramatic rebuke to the US president’s trade agenda” has delivered “clear vindication” to its biggest economic rival. When Trump embarks to China in March, he will be missing one of his “go-to tools for economic negotiations with other nations” or, what China has decried as, “unilateral bullying.” Negotiating power “seems to have shifted dramatically” in China’s favor.
Tags: Agenda, China, Economic rival, Negotiations, Rebuke, Supreme Court, Tariff ruling, Trade partners, U.S., Uncertainty, Unilateral bullying, Vindication, Winner
Barron’s (August 6)
“President Donald Trump has touted major trade partners’ pledges to invest billions in the U.S. as a win for his fluctuating tariff policy. But trade experts say these commitments leave more questions than answers.” Important details like enforcement mechanisms are unknown and there is no effective way for trading partners to compel “private-sector companies to invest.” In addition, “analysts and veteran trade experts note that investment pledges—as well as commitments to buy U.S. goods—haven’t lived up to expectations in the past.”
Tags: Analysts, Commitments, Enforcement mechanisms, Experts, Fluctuating, Investment pledges, Private-sector, Tariff policy, Touted, Trade partners, Trump, U.S., Unknown
