I'm just wondering why any international leader would negotiate with a know liar?
The stated objective is to HURT the Chinese and make them come to our terms for trade. Why would I agree to your terms when you plainly have stated that you want to hurt me?
Same is true with Iran. Neither we nor our allies can stand to compete. They pretend that capitalism is the best economic system ever...but they don't want to compete. We subsidize our corporations with our own kind of corporate welfare and yet we complain about others doing the same. No matter what, there seems to be an insatiable quest for more and more profits. I thought in a truly capitalist economy you do business for profits but take losses as part of the business. Why do profits have to increase year over year until they drive a business out and workers lose their jobs and/or benefits? AND why should a business that make a 300% profit over their base year pay no taxes for the lifetime of their business?
Yeah, it's whatever the market will bear but working people get it from both ends, low pay and the market prices that the uber wealthy set for us by spending their wealth no matter what the cost. We working people (earned income folks) are screwed!