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Joe Biden is relishing a fight with Trump over China

Yes, you read that right.  China Joe Biden is looking forward to squaring off with President Donald Trump on the question of the terms of trade with China.  Biden staked out his position in Iowa last month, saying sarcastically, “China is going to eat our lunch?  Come on, man.  They’re not competition for us.”  Continuing in that line of thought, this week, Biden blew off worries about China by telling a New Hampshire audience: “Our workers are literally three times as productive as workers … in Asia.  So what are we worried about?”

Maybe, just maybe, American workers are worried about the coolie wages in China, huge government subsidies for Chinese companies, and Chinese barriers to U.S. exports.  Millions of middle-class American jobs didn’t disappear by accident.  Many of those jobs’ losses were the direct result of Chinese economic aggression on the U.S.  The U.S. political establishment was oblivious (or bought off) while our manufacturing base was being hollowed out.

To show that he’s serious, the Biden campaign is doubling down on China.  According to the South China Morning Post, Biden’s top aides say their man’s recent rhetoric on China’s rise being overblown was not one of Biden’s usual gaffes. […]

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