What Trump said was not all that remarkable, focusing on standard conservative issues such as energy, regulation and ethics. Neither item was on his to-do list in the recorded remarks he put online Monday. Trump had previously said he would try to reverse this trend by declaring that China was manipulating its currency, the renminbi. "Donald Trump can stand up and say, 'I think China’s manipulating its currency,' and that doesn’t mean anything," Noland said. Mexico is more dependent on its economic relationship with the United States than China, giving Mexican diplomats a reason to bargain.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2016 20:19 UTC