Traversing Narrow Channels

It’s very telling that the White House has been inundated with so many requests for Official Diplomatic Meetings in the last week that they are being forced to prioritize the nations based on the importance of their economic impact. It’s not a question of who is wanting to talk about a new deal since DJT started implementing his Tariff promises, it’s only a question of how much those countries are willing to give up to avoid a trade embargo or other actions. While the unhinged left in this country still likes to underestimate DJT's ability to follow through on his intentions, the rest of the civilized world are beginning to understand that there is now a new order, America has retaken the Mantle and will once again be dictating terms.

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But:

"Many countries level tariffs under insidiously Machiavellian conditions such as falsely constructed health and safety barriers, excise and VAT taxes, and currency manipulation. But those complexities should be left for round two of negotiations since for now the public is most concerned with “do onto to others as they would do onto to you” reciprocity. 

Getting to zero or identical tariffs with a host of current mercantile trading nations would be an astounding accomplishment and one that the public needs to digest, appreciate, and savor — before in one fell swoop jeopardizing such historic corrections by trying to solve the entire half-century trade quagmire all at once — a task that will lose public support if countries are still tariffed after agreeing to zero or reciprocal tariffs with the U.S." - Victor Davis Hanson

 ~ Thank You Sarah Hoyt @Instapundit For the Linkage ~