Trump and China: Getting Beyond North Korea

August 3, 2017 Topic: Politics Region: Asia Tags: TrumpXi JinpingNorth KoreaKim Jong-un

Trump and China: Getting Beyond North Korea

If Trump wants to address the trade deficit and security, he will have to forgo short-term political victories and seek long-term solutions.

 

Joe Renouard teaches at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Nanjing, China. He is the author of Human Rights in American Foreign Policy: From the 1960s to the Soviet Collapse.

Image: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria.