RandomGuy
11-08-2017, 11:41 AM
"There is no strategy and professionals are not involved," James McGregor, president of the greater China region for the consulting firm APCO,
"The people from [the U.S. Trade Representative's office] and Commerce and State are sidelined."
McGregor says instead of representatives from the U.S. Trade Representative and other government staff who typically deal with China, President Trump has political appointees with little to no trade experience engaging with the Chinese. "It's really been a farce," says McGregor. "And if it continues like this, it's really going to hurt American business. The Chinese are pros. They know what they're doing. Anybody sitting on the other side of the table as Chinese negotiator has been doing that subject for 20 years."
McGregor says Chinese negotiators have called friends of his in Beijing to see what the Chinese side could give to Trump during his Beijing visit to please his base. He calls these "Twitterable deliverables," and he puts the lifting of the Chinese ban on U.S. beef in this category: an easily promotable gift that, because it has come so late, may not have a meaningful impact on the U.S. economy.
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/08/562520694/shaky-u-s-china-trade-relationship-will-top-trumps-agenda-in-Beijing
This is being repeated all across the Federal government. Loyalty to the president is the ONLY qualification considered. Competent people almost universally do not want to work for Trump, and even when they do, they get passed over for nominations.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of Trump.
"The people from [the U.S. Trade Representative's office] and Commerce and State are sidelined."
McGregor says instead of representatives from the U.S. Trade Representative and other government staff who typically deal with China, President Trump has political appointees with little to no trade experience engaging with the Chinese. "It's really been a farce," says McGregor. "And if it continues like this, it's really going to hurt American business. The Chinese are pros. They know what they're doing. Anybody sitting on the other side of the table as Chinese negotiator has been doing that subject for 20 years."
McGregor says Chinese negotiators have called friends of his in Beijing to see what the Chinese side could give to Trump during his Beijing visit to please his base. He calls these "Twitterable deliverables," and he puts the lifting of the Chinese ban on U.S. beef in this category: an easily promotable gift that, because it has come so late, may not have a meaningful impact on the U.S. economy.
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/08/562520694/shaky-u-s-china-trade-relationship-will-top-trumps-agenda-in-Beijing
This is being repeated all across the Federal government. Loyalty to the president is the ONLY qualification considered. Competent people almost universally do not want to work for Trump, and even when they do, they get passed over for nominations.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of Trump.