Knowing China, there will be a price to pay for this indiscretion, so you may not be glad after all.
International relations is all about a grand game of reciprocity among the major powers. Don’t do anything that isn’t well thought out. Trump is harming US interests for doing things that don’t accrue benefits.
BTW, the Republican lame duck congress would have passed TPP if Hillary had won and Obama would have signed. The rejection of TPP shows failure of US policy in the Pacific, a retreating of the US, and years of negotiating hard work down the drain. We are weaker and China is stronger.[/quote]
I would have wanted TPP as well. but remember the GOP won congress, so I’m not quite sure where you get the idea that they would have allowed TPP to pass.
Regarding China, appeasement doesn’t work. Remember nationalism is strong and growing, and every step given is just looked at as something that was rightfully theirs to begin with. the KMT appeased China for the last 8 years and Taiwan’s space got smaller still. the strategy of keeping Taiwan in the closet wasn’t working. sometimes you need someone to point out the obvious.
