Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Xi, Punts Major Trade Problems to Next Year

By Zachary Hagen-Smith & Luis Fernando Chavez

President Trump showered Chinese President Xi Jinping with pomp and flattery during last week’s state visit, but both countries’ outcomes documents made clear none of a long list of major U.S.-China trade or geopolitical conflicts were resolved. China’s ballooning trade deficit with the United States hit roughly $29.2 billion for the month of August.

Trump’s obsequious courting of Xi’s favor drew broad consternation. Trump greeted Xi when he arrived at Joint Base Andrews before a state visit packed with military honors, a White House arrival ceremony and a black-tie dinner. (Trump is the first sitting president in 60-plus years to personally greet a foreign head of state at landing, which Xi did not do when Trump visited China.)

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Originally published in The Economic Populist — a project of the American Economic Liberties Project.