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Interesting Romney oped.
At least on the trade parts, I would guess that most Democrats are pretty close to Romney. New bipartisan consensus?
(curious what others think) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/mitt-romney-covid-19-has-exposed-chinas-utter-dishonesty/2020/04/23/30859476-8569-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html
At least on the trade parts, I would guess that most Democrats are pretty close to Romney. New bipartisan consensus?
(curious what others think) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/mitt-romney-covid-19-has-exposed-chinas-utter-dishonesty/2020/04/23/30859476-8569-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html
Settling trade skirmishes with allies to focus on China is a pretty common view (though not one Trump shares)
But there is an important ambiguity here -- how should they view products designed by "our" companies but that are made in large part in China?
But there is an important ambiguity here -- how should they view products designed by "our" companies but that are made in large part in China?
This isn't entirely a theoretical issue -- both Cisco and Ericsson make a lot of telco equipment in China. Buying from them is comparatively easy. Convincing them to change their supply lines/ assembly is doable, but takes more investment (and stronger incentives)
This is an issue that @geoffreygertz has raised -- namely that trade decoupling, especially if done together with a concert of nations, would take a bit of coordination.
