Glad I Didn’t Say That! Biden Keeps Following The Trump on China Trade

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Biden, China, Donald Trump, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Katherine Tai, Phase One, tariffs, Trade, trade war

“China is the big winner of Trump’s ‘phase-one’ trade deal with Beijing. True to form, [then President Donald] Trump is getting precious little in return for the significant pain and uncertainty he has imposed on our economy, farmers, and workers.”

– Candidate Joe Biden, January 15, 2020

 

“President Joe Biden’s chief trade negotiator pledged to build off the deal with China reached under Donald Trump and said that….[the] Biden administration respects the continuity of the so-called phase-one agreement….”

– Bloomberg.com, May 5, 2021

 

(Sources: “Biden Slams Trump-China Trade Deal as Lacking on Key Disputes,” by Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, January 15, 2020, Joe Biden Blasts Trump Phase One U.S.-China Trade Deal – Bloomberg & “Biden Trade Chief Pledges to Build Off Trump’s China Agreement, by Eric Martin, Ibid., May 5, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-05/biden-trade-chief-pledges-to-build-off-trump-s-china-agreement?srnd=economics-vp)

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Another CCP Virus Chicken Little

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CCP Virus, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID 19, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Rochelle Walensky, Wuhan virus

“I’m going to lose the script and I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom” about trends in CCP Virus cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.

–Rochelle Walensky, Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 29, 2021

 

Change in U.S. CCP Virus cases, March 29-April 28, 2021: -16.01 percent*

Change in U.S. CCP Virus deaths, March 29-April 28, 2021:-25.86 percent

Change in U.S. CCP Virus hospitalizations, March 29-April 27, 2021: +2.08 percent

*All figures are seven-day moving averages

 

(Sources: “Walensky Fears ‘Impending Doom’ as COVID Cases, Deaths Tick Up Again,” by Shannon Firth, MedPageToday.com, March 29, 2021, https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/91853 and “COVID Data Tracker,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home)

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Quickest Foreign Policy Study Ever?

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Biden administration, foreign policy, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Kamala Harris, Mainstream Media, Politico, The Washington Post

“Harris gets a crash course on foreign policy.”

– Politico, February 26, 2010

 

“Kamala Harris is playing an unusually large role in shaping Biden’s

foreign policy.”

– The Washington Post, March 8, 2021 Politico, February 26, 2010

 

(Sources: “Harris gets a crash course on foreign policy,” by Eugene Daniels and Natasha Bertrand, Politico, February 26, 2021, Harris gets a crash course on foreign policy – POLITICO and “Kamala Harris is playing an unusually large role in shaping Biden’s foreign policy,” by Olivier Knox, The Washington Post, March 8, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/08/daily-202-kamala-harris-is-playing-an-unusually-large-role-shaping-bidens-foreign-policy/)

Glad I Didn’t Say That! A Progressive Democrat’s Middle East Muddle

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Biden administration, Democrats, foreign policy, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Middle East, progressives, Ro Khanna

Rep. Ro Khanna “is among the Democrats who dislike President

Biden’s Middle East strategy, as his administration signals the region

is no longer the priority it was for President Obama and his

predecessors.”

– Axios.com, March 5, 2021

 

“Khanna…backed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president and has worked

with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to enact a non-interventionist foreign

policy.”

– Axios.com, March 5, 2021

 

(Source: “Ro Khanna wary of Biden approach on Middle East.” Axios.com, March 5, 2021, Ro Khanna criticizes Biden on Syria, MBS, accuses president of quitting Middle East – Axios )

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Free Trade Bolsters Security…Except When it Counts?

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CCP Virus, coronavirus, COVID 19, export bans, free trade, Glad I Didn't Say That!, health security, medical devices, national security, PPE, protectionism, supply chain, The Washington Post, Trade, Washington Post, Wuhan virus

“Mutually beneficial exchange among countries,

conducted freely within a legal framework, is the path to

maximum security, economic and strategic. Autarky, by

contrast, is a dead end.” 

 

– The Washington Post, February 25, 2021

 

“As demand soared for masks and gloves, more than 100

countries and territories imposed export restrictions on

coronavirus-fighting essentials, according to the

International Trade Center.”

 

– The Washington Post, February 10, 2021

 

(Sources:  “America needs to shore up its supply chains. That shouldn’t become an excuse for protectionism,” Editorial Board, The Washington Post, February 25, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-trade-supply-chain-protectionism/2021/02/25/3dd0a164-7787-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html and “Trump  tried to block her. Now Ngozi-Iweala is about to make history,” by Danielle Paquette and David J. Lynch, ibid., February 10, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-wto/2021/02/09/99e3b028-67eb-11eb-bab8-707f8769d785_story.html) 

 

 

 

 

Glad I Didn’t Say That! A Changed Biden Tune on Trump’s China Trade Deal

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Biden, China, Donald Trump, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Phase One, tariffs, Trade, trade deal, trade war

”China is the big winner of Trump’s ‘phase-one’ trade deal with Beijing.  True to form, Trump is getting precious little in return for the significant paid and uncertainty he has imposed on our economy, farmers, and workers.”

–Presidential candidate Joe Biden, January 15, 2020

 

”The Biden administration will review all national security measures put in place by former President Donald Trump, including the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal signed in January 2020….”

—Reuters, January 29, 2021

 

(Sources: “Biden Slams Trump-China Trade Deal as Lacking on Key Disputes,” by Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, January 15, 2020, Joe Biden Blasts Trump Phase One U.S.-China Trade Deal – Bloomberg and “White House says U.S.-China trade deal among issues in broad review,” by Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal, Reuters, January 29, 2021, White House says U.S.-China trade deal among issues in broad review | Reuters)

Glad I Didn’t Say That! International Cooperation Doubletalk from Germany

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Angela Merkel, CCP Virus, coronavirus, COVID 19, Davos, European Union, export controls, Financial Times, Germany, Glad I Didn't Say That!, globalism, multilateralism, nationalism, vaccines, Wuhan virus

“Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said the coronavirus

pandemic has been the ‘hour of multilateralism’, as she used her

speech to plead for more international collaboration to defeat the

virus.”

– Financial Times, January 26, 2020

“Germany is pressing the European Commission to give member

states the power to block the export of coronavirus vaccines

produced in the EU as tensions mounted over shortfalls in supply.”

– Financial Times, January 26, 2020

 

(Sources: “Davos highlights: European leaders urge Biden to extend efforts to reignite international co-operation,” by Guy Chazan et al, Financial Times, January 26, 2020, https://www.ft.com/content/02465195-1957-490d-a3c8-4c54d45469a9 and “Germany presses Brussels for powers to block vaccine exports,” by Guy Chazan et al, Financial Times, January 26, 2020, https://www.ft.com/content/ed0059c9-1ea5-4ba9-a1ff-88004b59e71d)

 

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Mass Medical Immigration Urged on Eve of Glutted Medical Job Market

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CCP Virus, coronavirus, COVID 19, doctors, emergency rooms, Glad I Didn't Say That!, healthcare, immigrants, Immigration, Jobs, labor market, physicians, residents, Wuhan virus

“Removing Barriers for Immigrant Medical Professionals Is Critical

To Help Fight Coronavirus”

– Center for American Progress, April 2, 2020

 

Many “emergency medicine physicians — young doctors, called

residents, who are training in this specialty — are struggling to find

full-time employment, even while they work on the front lines

treating covid-19 patients.”

– The Washington Post, January 4, 2021

 

(Sources: “Removing Barriers for Immigrant Medical Professionals Is Critical To Help Fight Coronavirus,” by Silva Mathema, Center for American Progress, April 2, 2020, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2020/04/02/482574/removing-barriers-immigrant-medical-professionals-critical-help-fight-coronavirus/ & “Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs,” by Ben Guarino, The Washington Post, January 4, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/04/er-doctors-covid-jobs/)

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Is China Calling Biden’s Bluff on U.S. Allies?

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alliances, allies, China, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Global Times, Joe Biden, multilateralism, Trade

“Rather than picking fights with our allies and undermining respect for America, Biden will work with our closest allies [to end China’s trade abuses], mobilizing more than half the world’s economy to better deliver for our workers.”

–The Biden presidential campaign, 2020

“If Washington wants to exploit its alliance system to deal with China, it is bound to be restrained by its allies. Many US allies have economic interests with China and they are not willing to confront China in an effort to strengthen alliances with the US.”

–– Chinese state-run publication Global Times, November 8, 2020 

 

(Sources:  “The Biden Plan to Ensure the Future is ‘Made in All of America’ by All of America’s Workers,” “Joe’s Vision,” Joe Biden for President, Official Campaign Website, undated, https://joebiden.com/made-in-america/ and “Drop illusions over China-US relations, but don’t give up efforts:  Global Times editorial, November 8, 2020, https://globaltimes.cn/content/1206128.shtml) 

Glad I Didn’t Say That! Civic Grace is Selective for Senate Democrats

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Amy Coney Barrett, Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Robin Givhan, Senate, The Washington Post

“’The only thing that heals this body is what I call a revival of civic grace,’ [Democratic Senator Cory] Booker said….He was asking his Republican colleagues to be big. To be benevolent. To extend grace” on the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination.”

–The Washington Post, October 20, 2020

“’I’ve had a long and serious talk with Senator Feinstein. That’s all I’m going to say about it right now’,” [Senate Democratc leader Chuck] Schumer told reporters” after “Feinstein credited Republicans for holding a hearing with decorum and even hugged Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), the chair….”

–The Washington Post, October 20, 2020

(Sources: “Republicans have the power to vote in Barrett. Sen. Booker implored them to have grace,” by Robin Givhan, The Washington Post, October 20, 2020, .https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/20/republicans-have-power-vote-barrett-sen-booker-implored-them-have-grace/ & “Schumer says he had ‘serious talk’ with Feinstein, sidesteps questions about Judiciary Committee post,” by Paul Kane, Ibid., October 20, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-democrats-feinstein-court/2020/10/20/11cae500-1311-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html)