Schumer backs Trump approach to China: He's 'on the right path'

[dukkha]

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he supports President Trump's efforts to pressure China on trade issues.

Schumer told New York AM 970 radio host John Catsimatidis that he credits Trump with "squeezing China," adding that the president is "on the right path, particularly with the intellectual property."

“China is not helpful to the United States. They are happy to see us in trouble," Schumer said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

"And the way to get at them — what is the mother lode for China — is their trade with us," Schumer added. "They take advantage of American workers, American wealth, American companies regularly. I called them rapacious."

He added that pressuring China on trade could force the Chinese to cooperate with American interests in North Korea, where the U.S. is working to get North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons program.

Trump has attacked China for its trade practices since he hit the campaign trail in 2015. In recent weeks, his administration has announced $50 billion in tariffs against Chinese imports to the U.S., and has threatened to impose another $100 billion.

China has promised to fight back with its own tariffs on U.S. goods.

Lawmakers have expressed concerns that the tariffs could spark a trade war with China, which could hurt American workers and farmers who export their goods to the country.

The president has also accused China of devaluing its currency, despite the Treasury Department ruling last week that Beijing was not manipulating the value of its money.
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-t...the-right-path

[dukkha]

remember "trade wars?"

[Fentoine Lum]

Chuckie's a pimp, always has been. He has the same moral compass as Don. None at all.

[dukkha]

Chuckie's a pimp, always has been. He has the same moral compass as Don. None at all.

any comment on the policies?

[Fentoine Lum]

any comment on the policies?

There are no policies here, just mental masturbation. The power structure intends to attempt to expand the reach of our empire. Furthermore america is in trouble because of it's own choices, decisions, and cannibalization of its own economic system to fund attempts at world domination, warring and foreign occupations across the planet.

[archives]

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he supports President Trump's efforts to pressure China on trade issues.

http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-t...the-right-path

Imagine that, the leader of the Democrats publicly expresses agreement with the President, certainly a far cry from "we're going to do everything we can to make sure he is a one term President"

Their both wrong, TPP was the way to curtail China, designed specifically for that purpose, and both opposed it, Schumer for straight political reasons, and for Trump probably just seemed like a good idea at the time

[dukkha]

Imagine that, the leader of the Democrats publicly expresses agreement with the President, certainly a far cry from "we're going to do everything we can to make sure he is a one term President"

Their both wrong, TPP was the way to curtail China, designed specifically for that purpose, and both opposed it, Schumer for straight political reasons, and for Trump probably just seemed like a good idea at the time

Even a broken clock is correct 2x a day.

you want to use TPP to curtail Chinese hegemony or trade orgs?
Based on our experiences with NAFTA/CAFTA multilateral trade deals do us harm.

[Darth Omar]

Maybe this means Democrats are going to come off Russia-Russia-Russia in time for the midterms?

Maybe lol?

[floridafan]

Chuckie's a pimp, always has been. He has the same moral compass as Don. None at all.

At least we must give Mr. Schumer credit for not being an everyday lying pimp as is the man living in the White House.

[dukkha]

Maybe this means Democrats are going to come off Russia-Russia-Russia in time for the midterms? Maybe lol?

what else do the Dems have? da resistance? they got nothing