The big problem with Trump's aggressive position on China

Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images President-elect Trump’s choice of Robert Lighthizer as his special trade representative, announced Tuesday afternoon, completes the first string of the new administration’s trade team. So it’s time to draw a couple of clear conclusions. Conclusion No. 1: Trump is a dead-serious hawk on trade questions—all in for everything he promised on the campaign trail. Prominent among these promises is a remake of economic relations with China and a halt to the southward ...