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Donald Trump’s balancing act on China
Mark Sappenfield
Editor
The big question on many people’s minds, both in the United States and abroad, concerns what President-elect Donald Trump is actually going to do. His first term offers some clues as to how rhetoric became policy (or not). But much has changed.
Today, Ann Scott Tyson asks this question about Mr. Trump’s China policy. She shows how two core elements of Mr. Trump’s political identity are in conflict on China. How he manages that balance will be something to watch.
