Tariff China over its blackmail of Australia

In July, I argued that if China were to impose tariffs on Australia, the United States should respond in kind against Beijing.

Facing Beijing’s capricious new import restrictions on Australian coal, the U.S. should impose new tariffs on China’s export of plastic-based goods. Standing at $19 billion in 2018, plastics are one of China’s smaller export markets to the U.S. Nevertheless, the new tariffs would send an important message that America stands with its closest allies.