Mr. Trump seems to bend all of the conventional rules of negotiation. “President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you’re dead.”Part of the problem for Mr. Trump is that it is difficult to negotiate when there is disagreement within your own team about the approach to take. Maybe that’s the way Mr. Trump likes it. As I reread “The Art of the Deal,” I was struck by this line: “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach,” he wrote.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2018 01:07 UTC