"Now we've opened up every law enforcement action that the United States takes, where other countries will think 'Aha, I can impose this economic pain or this tariff or this market access restriction, and I can use this as a chit to trade off against more favorable treatment with the law enforcement case," said the former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter by his current employer.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 14, 2018 09:03 UTC