Beijing’s latest retaliatory tariffs—now at 84%—reveal a familiar hypocrisy: the world’s most notorious trade abuser crying foul when held accountable. In response, President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%, while dropping nearly all tariffs on countries that seek to trade fairly.
We applauded the president’s zealous focus on dealing with the world’s greatest trade abuser, who has an unbroken pattern of dumping cheap goods made with slave labor, forcing companies to transfer proprietary information, and using its economic reach to infiltrate critical infrastructure worldwide.
We at The Heritage Foundation agree that it is long past due to deal with the threat China poses to America’s economic and security situation.
Two years ago, in March 2023, Heritage released a major research paper titled “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan…
