Tracing Trump's Aggressive Tariff Strategy Back to the 1980s | "Trump's Trade War" | FRONTLINE

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President Donald Trump’s decision to put tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports last year shocked the world -- but he's taken a similarly aggressive stance on trade for decades.
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In fact, Trump has been talking about a tariff strategy since the late 1980s, when he first tested the presidential waters - and his message back then bore notable similarities to the one that helped propel his winning 2016 campaign.
Learn more in a scene from "Trump's Trade War," a new documentary from FRONTLINE and NPR that goes inside the face-off between the world’s two largest economic superpowers.
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@midnightsnack1306 4 года назад

You can see here that Trump is consistent.

@Edison73100 4 года назад

Yep, consistently lying

@derpynerdy6294 4 года назад

@@Edison73100 That's right TRUMP2020

@Edison73100 4 года назад

@@derpynerdy6294 "fuc" trump

@f-35alightningii79 4 года назад

At this time, he was a Democrat.

@Alphacentauri819 3 года назад

His rhetoric is the same, and it doesn’t update to include new information. Binary view. Roy Cohn set his beliefs of deny, deflect, attack anyone asking questions or accusing, never admit fault, never apologize, win at any costs. He did switch political parties Republican, the reform party, democrat, then back to republican. Consistent on cheating on wives. Consistent on saying the media is “fake news”...mostly when it doesn’t fit his narrative. Consistent on chumming with complicit pandering cronies. Consistent with an aversion to the truth. Yep, all in all pretty consistent.

@invalidusername2069 5 лет назад

Trump is right. We have stupid politicians

@Edison73100 4 года назад

Yep, because trump is the most stupid of them all. Eat some Clorox.

@apt62 4 года назад

Edison73100 trump only sees the trades from our side, he should also look at how much money US Corp are making in Japan and China.

@invalidusername2069 4 года назад

Wade H I agree that’s why we need for more years of Trump

@apt62 4 года назад

Invalid Username unlike japan China has 1.4b ppl. Remember when the Europeans were amazed by China in the 1800s? They were amazed how come they don’t have to do trades with other countries.

@invalidusername2069 4 года назад

Wade H I understand why they want to get in there market USA companies will sell us out to make a extra dollar

@ArgentPure 5 лет назад

Best President in my lifetime!

@dickdomain719 5 лет назад

Actually he's the best President in everybody's lifetime they're just too stupid to see it.

@Edison73100 4 года назад

You must be two... weeks...

@The_Ostrich 6 месяцев назад

Your life has VERY low standards.

@apt62 5 месяцев назад

@@dickdomain719only good thing he has done is pulled our troops out of that stupid war.

@dickdomain719 5 месяцев назад

@@apt62 - Wow, way too many stupid pills, lay off the meds.

@gpabroon 4 года назад

He's not wrong 😀

@apt62 3 года назад

Japan were making better products that the 🇺🇸 can’t match...what do we do? Blackmail them

@LEC1857-6inFinalsGotReverseSwe 3 года назад

@@apt62 you sure about that boy?

@OniLordMiki Год назад

@@LEC1857-6inFinalsGotReverseSweyea

@chrism3784 6 месяцев назад

@@apt62 we absolutely could match, but not with price. To make the same quality japanese made cost more in america. now that the manufacturing went over to even cheaper china, the quality is shit. they invented chinesium, the metal that is as durable as reusable plasics, garbage. but no one can match them in price cause they employ slave labor

@apt62 5 месяцев назад

@@LEC1857-6inFinalsGotReverseSweJapanese cars were and still is much much better than American cars. Simple as that.

@garywalker776 5 лет назад

Pencil neck talks of “binary” thought. If he had to close a factory due to unfair trade then perhaps he would understand the pain many Americans feel. Manufacturing provides good jobs for people who cannot understand math or read complex instructions. Without these jobs people turn to drugs, crime, or live in abject poverty.

@nakedperuvian 5 лет назад

Exactly. It can get frustrating trying to explain to my liberal friends what I think is Trump's long-term economic goals with these tariffs and "tough negotiator" stance. Their responses are usually, "he's not even a good businessman" or "it'll take decades reverse the negative effects of globalism". Here's to another 4 years of Trump 🤞

@josadams4673 4 года назад

My Fellow AMERICAN You, & Trump are 110% Right as Rain !!

@tvnorminstudio3080 3 года назад

@@nakedperuvian Unfortunately we elected a very tired neolib ice cream man type character.

@rogerar90 4 года назад

Who else is watching during quarantine

@thomasstewart2924 4 года назад

Me.

@retrokidm1 4 года назад

Love Trump. As a minority, this the Trump grew up on. I want to buy some real estate and get some of the American dream

@Alphacentauri819 3 года назад

His image of wealth was mostly a mirage. Really research it. Success is so much more than an illusion of wealth. He’s so insecure, that he flips out when anyone doesn’t go with the illusion, the narrative. True success is being secure, happy with yourself. He’s not.

@jmua8450 4 года назад

Trump 2020!!

@joefrascino4546 Год назад

This feels like a hit piece when in reality all he was doing was stating facts

@joshdowningmusic Год назад

They never say he was wrong…

@steve120792 4 года назад

trumps consistent

@Aleyza_gonzalez 5 лет назад

I love trump! America first!!!

@youmemeyou 4 года назад

Yeah don't forget to vote in November, 🌹Trump 2020🌹

@michaelanderson3096 8 месяцев назад

Universal tariff rates is good labour policy

@DR-uj2dd 5 лет назад

Trump is 100% correct. We need to play on a level playing field.

@Edison73100 5 лет назад

trump is all wrong for all the wrong reasons

@Edison73100 5 лет назад

@pathwayto enlightenment Swap U.S. for Chinese and you would get the same response..

@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer 5 лет назад

He's leveling to a plain field alright.

@Edison73100 5 лет назад

@@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer LOL!!

@Edison73100 5 лет назад

@pathwayto enlightenment That is one of the dumbest arguments ever, Chinese officials love money more than Americans,

@FiveJiggawatts 4 года назад

Looks like he was right. All these liberals were mocking him for this and now they are crying

@chrism3784 6 месяцев назад

yep, cause no one wants to pay them $50/hr to build cars when in china or mexico they'll do it for $10/hr

@apt62 5 месяцев назад

@@chrism3784 my Warrhouse worker in china are willing to work 7 days a week 12-15 hours a day. The union are the main reason American companies relocated to china.

@lorimeyers3839 Год назад

1:23 - 1:47 hell, sounds pretty appealing to me, too! Lol

@mambi74 4 года назад

npr + frontline/pbs on the watermark - do you really need to watch the video to know the conclusion?

@alxarmedliberationxecutive8363 5 лет назад

Tariffs and sanctions the last vestiges of a dying American empire.

@alxarmedliberationxecutive8363 5 лет назад

@pathwayto enlightenment I think you've missed the larger picture. The United States is threatening sanctions on the rest of all the Nations on the planet. For instance on anyone buying Iranian oil. Tariffs are common among a lot of Nations. The citizens of those Nations pay the tariffs. But attempting to sanction countries is an entirely different operation. It's not an attempt to balance trade ( not that tariffs always accomplished this) it's an attempt to impose ones geopolitical geostrategic will on the rest of the world. And I believe that Uncle Sam's going to find that's easier said than done.

@milkshakeplease4696 5 лет назад

Nope, not at all. See, the problem with Chinese is they are copy cats, lack critical thinking, and have difficulty thinking outside the box. Essentially, the US is walking away from the global order it created because it is not in its strategic interest to maintain it. The global order was put in place to contain the Soviets. The Soviet Union fell almost 3 decades ago, and many countries have prospered at the expense of the US in this global order, including China. It is unlikely that China can survive without this global order. The US holds all the cards.

@alxarmedliberationxecutive8363 5 лет назад

@@milkshakeplease4696 The ONLY reason there's a middle class in America is from cheap Chinese goods (and other low wage Nations). Look at Walmart Target etc. If Americans had to purchase products only from Europe and domestic sources there would be no middle class, only poor and rich. And the idea that the Chinese steal ideas is a red herring. You Merely have to follow the patent infringement suits between American corporations to understand how everyone tries to steal from everyone else. America is a technology backwater now. And a dying empire lashing out at the rest of the world.

@milkshakeplease4696 5 лет назад

@@alxarmedliberationxecutive8363 Actually, the cheap Chinese goods have suppressed wages here in the US. The cheap chinese goods have stifled the middle class. And there was a transfer of wealth from our working class to China's. Trump has begun the process of reversing that. The idea that the US is a dying empire is a total joke. Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand geography and demographics. Just wait and see. The Chinese are really overconfident. Yes, Shanghai might be developed, but you know there are plenty of places in China that are from being developed. China has poor demographics, they're surrounded by powerful countries like Russia, India, and Japan, heavily reliant on trade for food & energy, and the only reason the CCP has been able to maintain power is because they've been able to bribe all the different factions thanks to the global trade order the US created. The US on the other hand is in great shape. We have the world's strongest currency. We have the world's most creative population. We have good future demographics. We have the best University systems. We are protected by two huge oceans. We are surrounded by friendly, weak countries. We are extremely food rich and energy rich thanks to the shale revolution. The US is still by far the most powerful country on Earth and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

@alxarmedliberationxecutive8363 5 лет назад

@@milkshakeplease4696 You're so far from reality it's as though you're from another planet. American companies continue to take advantage of cheaper labor in dozens of countries.. That's what suppressed wages in the US There's a 22 trillion dollar domestic deficit and the market is unstable and over capitalized. China isn't surrounded by enemies it's surrounded by economic partners. It's the American empire with only 5% of the worlds population but consuming 30% of the world energy production annually that's unsustainable That's why the US military and intelligence agencies have been co-opted by the Military Industrial Complex and transnational corporations ( who own the Congress and White House) to try to secure access to resources and markets. Transnational corporations aren't interested in America they're only interested in profits for stockholders.

@blueflyuniversity1528 4 года назад

So people just magically forget what he said about Japan? Or is Japan still an enemy today?

@chrisnapoli8386 4 года назад

Japan wasn’t an enemy but they were aggressive trading partners and used back in the late 80’s & early 90’s they were buying up a substantial amount of prime real estate, especially in NY. That may be why he went after them since they may have been cutting into his real estate business in NY. Then Japan has some other recessions in their own country so I believe they quit investing in American real estate. Trump may not have liked that they were going after NY real estate aggressively. But once China got admitted into the world trade organization in the early 90’s that’s when the real trade deficit occurred between American & China which only grew larger throughout the decades.

@wildearth3992 4 года назад

Chris Napoli Japan is headed of USA in every domain. No comparison please it’s just a superior country.

@chrisnapoli8386 4 года назад

Wild Earth Japan was given their electronic business by America please study about that. Zenith went out of business because our government handed over the business to Japan, that is how Sony became so big. Research for yourself about the start of Sony and the fall of Zenith. What I love about the Japanese is their work ethic, that is why they succeed in many of their endeavors, but it is also the cause of many social problems in their country such as suicide.

@Embargoman 2 года назад

@@chrisnapoli8386 Just as the list goes on and on, yet Donald Trump tried to do what is best, that even foreign based manufactures gave jobs to the USA. This is a win win situation to say jobs where created in Kentucky, Alabama and so on.

@jiggerinokobalis609 Год назад

He was right with what he said about Japan.

@JasonBritt-x1x Год назад

How do you know sick o because they new with a very sick videos of there in on computer and other sick cameras to

@wisdomwarrior2645 4 месяца назад

Now they are laughing even harder at him on his Hush money trial 😂😂😂

@mallariculp3551 Год назад

My thumbs down is for the commentators opinions.

@ren-vc9fs Год назад

Them damn Chinese tryna take our liberty

@bluewaves1137 Год назад

And americans loves to talk about free market and free trade 😂 Hypocrisy

@apt62 5 месяцев назад

Japan was making better products than the US bk then and probably still has in todays era

@1223steffen 9 месяцев назад

Us attacked Japan

@Simplithstic Год назад

This video aged well

@myoung48281 5 лет назад

Any economist will tell you that the trade deficit is not a big issue, and while you people love his get tough application of tariffs, all the while employing the socialistic support of farm bailouts. Just wait until the inflationary reality sets in to the economy at large.

@marysunshine2027 5 лет назад

mark y meaning v what exactly?

@myoung48281 5 лет назад

@@marysunshine2027 I have no idea, it sounded good at the time.

@multiHappyHacker 5 лет назад

Any economist that ignores an unsettled debate dating back thousands of years would be a moron. Different trade strategies exist, and one need only look at the result in small town America to see what is real.

@myoung48281 5 лет назад

@Brian Ross Then everybody should stop buying anything made in china, make everything in the US, 100% tariffs and fuck the farmers, all the companies that use components overseas, might as well include India, Mexico, and Canada, then put the country back on the gold standard...problem solved.

@myoung48281 4 года назад

@Lucky Sport stop teasing and asking questions, a very ineffective form of argument that is, in essence, an ad hominem attack.

@khashayarshah6666 3 года назад

4 MORE YESRS. IRANIANS FOR TRUMP

@Michael-kz5nc 3 года назад

Stay strong freedom loving Iran people!

@jiggerinokobalis609 Год назад

He spoke the truth then as well.

@apt62 5 месяцев назад

I guess it’s japans fault for making better cars and electronics bk in the 80s.

@Traderxau2000 Год назад

Trump never changes the same old man , the one with a spine

@gon7155 3 года назад

Trump is prez

@freesoilsouth562 5 лет назад

Well Trump wasn’t wrong!

@ncooty 5 лет назад

@Free Soil South: In what way? From what I've seen, he's nearly always wrong, and he's only ever right by accident... and for the wrong reasons.

@rmrbush 5 лет назад

On this one he's right, but his solutions are always horribly antiquated. Trade problem? How about tariffs! Immigration problem? How about a wall! He reaches for an old bag of tricks that didn't work in 700 BC or 1800 AD.

@Edison73100 5 лет назад

@@rmrbush trump = no vision, no strategy, no policy. trump is not an intelligent man.

@Embargoman 2 года назад

In some ways yes, like migration, to say the least their is always a president somewhere that want to do some unfair trade tactics, of any kind to say example the chicken tax on to say import of VW vans from Germany but tariffs on those vehicles. Yet just wait and see probably coffee tax will be soon and just wait for to say the next president, to vote for I might say I vote for that a candidate and you’ll be happy seeing your mother arriving at New York City dead when a Boeing plane crashes in New York City and the next president do trade sanctions on two Asian countries, that is making better quality products than the USA, probably you’ll be thankful on jacking up the price on a cup of joe if one country won’t buy Boeing products.

@mosarila8927 4 года назад

How to bring it back? Pay 5 times more salary for people who are lazier than the asian who costs 20%? Money has its own feet

@cspdx11 3 года назад

Trump is picking up the baton from Perot

@BrendansReasons 3 года назад

this Fisher guy seems like a pseudo-intellectual

@michellegutierrez2119 Год назад

Ignorant!! No political experience or background in politics of any sort!

@MEEPEES 5 лет назад

In the 80's we were in a TERRIBLE RECESSION

@emotionscomeandgo 5 лет назад

? Not at all ... 1984 was +7.2% gdp growth.... Reagan won 49 states. The 80s/90s were 20 of the strongest economic years in all of us history... With small tiny recessions in 1981, and 1991.

@NUCLEARARMAMENT 5 лет назад

@@emotionscomeandgo The '60s were the greatest decade of economic growth in all of US history. '80s were not as good, but not terrible either. The '90s were worse than the '80s in terms of economic expansion, IIRC.

@koroborok2719 2 года назад

If I was Trump i'd pay off the US debt and become the forever president

@chrism3784 6 месяцев назад

is entire net worth, not even including any debts, wouldn't even budge the debt 1/100th of a percent. If he dumped his entire net worth in it, it would relieve the deficit for a few minutes maybe 1 hour tops

@hubertcusson992 3 года назад

Thank Goddess he’s gone.

@Embargoman 2 года назад

On the side of unfair treatment of migrants yes, his focus in on jobs, yet the US might even have to face competitors not just trade with certain products, but also other countries that don’t want to buy certain American products and probably example to say tariffs on coffee in that case, for example one country favors buying a product from a competitor and then decide to raise the price for a cup of joe. As to say Boeing yet need to protect that company seems for example China’s COMAC comes to the picture, and a new comer from Japan comes along. Then a crash of a Boeing 737 MAX hits Japan and then you have three countries banning Boeing products, so what would you do or what would I do see a president that save American jobs in that sector and vote for him. Probably that president says that he will do trade sanctions on Japan and China of not selling their airplanes minus Airbus from Europe having a factory in Alabama, but I vote for that candidate in a heartbeat. Then if that president where to do trade sanctions in two countries and add coffee tax on one country for not buying Boeing planes. Then be happy that the president I vote for is doing the right thing, even though on the next day you see your mom dies in a plane crash at New York City involving with a Boeing 737 MAX because that president is doing what is best to save American jobs.