China’s Hardball Responses to US Trade Threats Reveal Weakness

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (4th L), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (3rd L), Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and White House trade adviser Peter Navarro pose for a photograph with China's Vice Premier Liu He (4th R), Chinese vice ministers, and senior officials before the start of U.S.-China trade talks at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 21, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

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China has resorted to hardball tactics in its trade negotiations with the United States.