We know what Donald Trump says about trade and China. Google “Trump” and “China” and “trade war” and you’ll get an idea of how many people have criticized Trump’s threat to use tariffs to retaliate against Chinese currency manipulation.

But Trump is not the first Republican nominee to say such things. Many, many, many years ago — say, in the 2012 campaign — GOP candidate Mitt Romney repeatedly threatened to use tariffs to retaliate against Chinese currency manipulation.