Instead you have a candidate on the right, an almost assured nominee, who deliberately provokes trade wars and tears up almost every major economic agreement we have signed as a country in the last 25 years.
"The US is provoking trade friction in the new energy sector, and sending a negative signal to the world that stirs global trade protectionism and obstructs the sector's development," Shen Danyang, spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.
But anti-dumping rules too often amount to protectionism, shutting out legitimate exports and provoking trading partners to retaliate.
But those taxes could provoke a trade war with partners like China and the United States.
China has repeatedly urged the United States to refrain from taking action that might provoke a trade war, arguing that both countries would be hurt.
Nonetheless, the DIHK German Chambers of Commerce warned this week that they feared the Trump would provoke a trade war by imposing punitive tariffs.
Some fixes, like to that tax break that could provoke international trade backlash, are also vital.
Worse, he wants to slap tariffs on Chinese imports, which would doubtless provoke a trade war.
The Hungarians said that they could not adjust their offer further without the risk of provoking a trade war.
