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The "fix" was to impose tariffs so that American steel could compete with Chinese steel. The consequence was that theChinese imposed a counter tariff on American soy beans and pork (amongst many things). This put American farmersin economic distress as the Chinese went to other countries for these products. And Trump then gave billions of taxpayer dollars in economic aid to the American farmers as corporate welfare so as not to lose much needed votes. Theirony is that he vehemently criticized Obama for his loans to the USA banking industry when the crisis of 2008 occurred.At least the banks paid back the loans.
The "fix" was to impose tariffs so that American steel could compete with Chinese steel. The consequence was that the
Chinese imposed a counter tariff on American soy beans and pork (amongst many things). This put American farmers
in economic distress as the Chinese went to other countries for these products. And Trump then gave billions of tax
payer dollars in economic aid to the American farmers as corporate welfare so as not to lose much needed votes. The
irony is that he vehemently criticized Obama for his loans to the USA banking industry when the crisis of 2008 occurred.
At least the banks paid back the loans.
