CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration looks beyond tariffs in its campaign to rein in China’s trade practices, launching a new initiative aimed at stopping Chinese economic espionage. A high-level meeting to discuss trade issues with India originally scheduled to take place Nov. 1 will probably be postponed until January at the earliest. In rural America, farmers continue to be patient with President Donald Trump’s trade policies even as commodity prices continue to drop. Start here: TRUMP EXPANDS HIS CHINA ATTACK STRATEGY: The Department of Justice is now a major player in the U.S. fight against Beijing’s trade practices, which the administration says includes blatant theft of technology and trade secrets from U.S. companies. The first — and unlikely to be the last — target of the initiative is Chinese state-owned company Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., which Justice alleges was part of a conspiracy to steal, convey, and possess trade secrets stolen from Idaho-based Micron Technology. Taiwanese semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corp. and three Taiwanese nationals were also named in the indictment as being part of the scheme.”
–Adam Behsudi, “Trump expands his China attack strategy,” Politico, November 2, 2018 10:01 am