The examples of nontariff "cheating" cited by Navarro included Chinese products routed through Vietnam, intellectual property theft and a value-added tax.
I think the countries that are making “deals” are just agreeing to buying a shitload of some market commodity like LNG. If you need energy anyway, it’s a pretty easy way to adjust the “imbalance” obviously that won’t work for every country.
I think the countries that are making “deals” are just agreeing to buying a shitload of some market commodity like LNG. If you need energy anyway, it’s a pretty easy way to adjust the “imbalance” obviously that won’t work for every country.