Trump, a global loner, finds his China trade war complaints draw a crowd
2018-12-15 10:53:42 source：The Washington Post
December 14, 2018
After almost a year of going it alone, President Trump finds himself with a surprising weapon in his trade confrontation with China: allies.
Pressure from Europe and Japan is amplifying the president’s vocal complaints about Chinese trade practices that he says discriminate against foreign companies and threaten U.S. economic growth — as fresh economic data Friday in Beijing showed the economy slowing more than expected.
To eliminate one major irritant, Chinese leaders already have begun scaling back an industrial policy aimed at dominating 10 technology industries, after concluding the president’s objections were widely shared and could not be resolved merely by waiting out the mercurial U.S. leader.
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