(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)Opinion writerIt’s often observed that President Trump’s policies on trade and immigration are failing spectacularly. Paul Krugman has a good column laying out three reasons why Trump’s trade war with China has not proven to be “good” and “easy to win,” as he predicted. The first reason Krugman suggests is that those drawing up Trump’s trade policies do not appreciate that for other countries, the incentives might tilt against capitulating to Trump’s threats and bullying. And this is the third:Finally, Trump’s trade war is unpopular — in fact, it polls remarkably poorly — and so is he. Meanwhile, for all the reasons noted above, the trade war with China drags on without end.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2019 19:17 UTC