Donald Trump’s US$250 billion of deals with China is ‘fake news’ at best
Most of the deals are just expressions of interest, projects already underway and aspirational arrangements that will never be realised.
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2119969/trumps-us250-billion-deals-china-fake-news-best
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But a closer look, reports Bloomberg News, reveals that about 15 of those deals were "mostly non-binding memorandums of understanding and could take years to materialize."
Several other deals announced this week seemed to be part of Trump's campaign promise to reduce the trade deficit with China. But the president elicited gasps from the audience of business leaders and reporters when he said "I don't blame China. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of their citizens? I give China great credit."
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/09/562819505/in-trumps-china-visit-plenty-of-business-deals-but-little-progress-on-trade
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While I am happy to dump on Our Glorious Leader for almost any reason, this is not super. All heads of state do it.
It anything, my reaction would be, "What? That's all? Piker!"