"On the surface, it seems the cowboys in the Trump Commerce Department are more eager to bully weak countries than to actually deal with the U.S. $800 billion a year trade deficit.

If the fight were really about trade, then the U.S. should have slapped tariffs on the $262 billion worth of electronic equipment and machinery it imports from China every year. The Commerce cowboys did not target China because they need to make sure China lends them more money to keep bankruptcy at bay."