CHINA/ELECTION/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [7-30-19] railed against China for failing to deliver on his high-profile promise it would buy significant quantities of farm goods, warning the country not to try to wait out his administration in hopes of negotiating a better deal with any new Democratic president…Trump’s comments, spread out over three tweets, came as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were in Shanghai for the first round of negotiations since talks between the two countries broke off in early May. There is growing skepticism that the trade fight between the world’s two biggest economies will be resolved before American voters decide in November 2020 whether to give Trump a second term. The most some expect from this week’s talks is an agreement to meet again, as well as a resumption of Chinese purchases of U.S. farm goods and progress on tech issues.”
–Doug Palmer, “Trump warns China deal will get worse ‘if & when’ he’s reelected,” Politico, July 30, 2019 4:38 pm