«So much for China working with us.»<\/b>
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The latest time North Korea’s aggressive missile testing created an international crisis, in April, Donald Trump’s strategy for dealing with it had two prongs:
China has not fixed everything\u2014the North just tested a missile that could possibly strike Alaska \u2014and the president is upset. He also seems to be folding in his anger about the North Korea situation with his plans to launch an economically destabilizing trade war against Chinese steel.
The United States made some of the worst Trade Deals in world history. Why should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us?
Trade between China and North Korea grew almost 40% in the first quarter. So much for China working with us — but we had to give it a try!
Well, July Fourth was fun, wasn’t it? Back to this stuff, now.
Ben Mathis-Lilley edits the Slatest. Follow @Slatest on Twitter.<\/p>\n