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Biden’s China failure can be Trump’s success

By Michael Sobolik

Published January 7, 2025 7:00am ET

Biden’s China failure can be Trump’s success — FILE - In this July 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. President Trump has often named Asia, and China and Japan in particular, as a source of American economic woes. A persisting U.S. trade deficit with most Asian countries and the president’s frequent threats to impose sanctions or raise tariffs on exports from the region make trade a fraught issue. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

On Dec. 16, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department celebrated the seventh meeting of a joint economic working group with China. According to Treasury’s press release, both sides “shared views on areas of cooperation,” while the U.S. side “expressed its continued concern” about Beijing’s nonmarket policies and “the support of some Chinese firms” for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Only in Washington could such drivel be mistaken for success.