Trade with China is shaping the 2020 campaign. Trump says only he is tough enough to walk away from a bad deal. Democrats say he is the wrong person for the job.
President Trump has continued to criticize what he sees as unfair trade practices. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press By Vivian Salama and Ken Thomas May 19, 2019 7:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—President Trump has worked to sell voters on the idea that he can negotiate better trade pacts. Now, as talks drag, he says only he is tough enough to walk away from a bad deal.
“China is DREAMING that Sleepy Joe Biden, or any of the others, gets elected in 2020,” Mr. Trump wrote recently on Twitter , referring to the former vice president, who launched his presidential campaign last month. “They LOVE ripping off America!” “We poke our friends in the eye and then we say we are going to get in a trade war with China?” Joe Biden said during a recent visit to Concord, N.H. Photo: cj gunther/EPA/Shutterstock Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently warned against what she calls “tariff negotiation by tweet.”
Many voters appear wary of Mr. Trump’s approach toward China. A Fox News poll conducted May 11-14 found that 34% of registered voters believed increased tariffs on imports from China would help the U.S. economy, while 45% believed they would hurt. And, by a four-point margin, the survey found voters believed that Mr. Biden would do a better job than Mr. Trump at protecting U.S. interests with China.
Share Your Thoughts How firm a stance should the U.S. president take in trade negotiations with China? Join the conversation below. That drew a response from one of Mr. Biden’s chief rivals, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who tweeted that it was “wrong to pretend that China isn’t one of our major economic competitors,” pointing to the loss of 3 million manufacturing jobs since 2000.
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