Donald Trump is again feeling belligerent towards China, and his harsher tone appears to have been encouraged by the unexpected strength of the US economy and stock market, which gives the president some leeway to fuel trade strife.
As he prepares to meet Chinese negotiators in Washington on Thursday, Mr Trump is relying on his country’s upbeat economic performance to bolster his negotiating stance.
He recently claimed on Twitter that he had achieved “perhaps the greatest economy and most successful first two years of any president in history”, a view of his role that fits with his argument that “trade wars are good and easy to win”.
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