In Donald J. Trump and China John F. Copper examines President Trump's views of China that developed before and after he entered office. As a businessman and as a witness to US politics and foreign policy, Trump realized China was the most important country in the world to the United States. He also recognized that one of the key difficulties in American trade policy was the imbalance between the US and China. Copper argues that Trump blamed policy makers for the disparity and was determined to rectify the imbalance. President Trump undertook formulating a new China policy in spite of nonsupporters in the Democratic Party, the media, academia, and Hollywood. Donald Trump accepted China's rise as an economic power and felt he could negotiate with President Xi to construct a positive relationship that would benefit both countries, save the global financial system, curb nuclear proliferation, and save the environment. Ultimately, Copper asserts that Trump knew a constructive relationship with China would be challenging, however he also understood that this is the nature of big power politics and strategic negotiations and realism would ensure peace between these two powerful countries.
Preface Acknowledgment Chapter 1: President Donald Trump's Upbringing, Thoughts and his Understanding of China Chapter 2: President Obama's China Policy Legacy Chapter 3: Has President Obama Driven (bird caged) President-Elect Trump into a Conflict with China Chapter 4: Why China Likes Donald Trump: History Tells Us Something Chapter 5: President Trump's Decision to Honor the One-China Policy: How Best to Explain It? Chapter 6: China's Challenge to America: Its Foreign Aid and Investments and its Role as the World Builder Chapter 7: The Trump-Xi Meeting: Success or Failure Chapter 8: Has President Trumps Worldview Become More Discernible? Chapter 9: Does the U.S. Expect Too Much of China in Dealing with North Korea? Chapter 10: Opponents and Supporters of China's One Belt One Road Project Chapter 11: President Trump Dismisses Steve Bannon-the China Policy Factor Chapter 12: The U.S. Liberal Media's Treatment of President Trump's Asia Trip Versus the Asian Reporting Chapter 13: Explaining the Recent Tension in U.S.-China Relations Chapter 14: The U.S. Trade Deficit with China: Facing Dilemmas Chapter 15: The Worsening U.S. Trade Deficit with China: Heading for a Trade War? Chapter 16: The Top Two Targets of Western Liberal Media Bias: President Donald Trump and China Chapter 17: Avoiding as U.S.-China Trade War: Understanding Donald Trump May Help Chapter 18: Will the Western Media Prod America and China into War? Chapter 19: Understanding the U.S.-China Impasse on North Korea Chapter 20: Will President Trump Ignite a War with China? Chapter 21: China's Rise as an Innovative Country Chapter 22: Why the U.S. is Losing (has lost?) the Number One World Power Ranking to China Chapter 23: Will China Meddle in America's Mid-Term Election? Chapter 24: Does President Trump Dislike China or Chinese? On the Contrary! Chapter 25: Dealing with the U.S. Trade Deficit with China Chapter 26: America's Charges China in Stealing its Intellectual Property and Technology: How True? How Big? How to Fix it? Chapter 27: America and China: Long-Term Friends or Enemies? Index About the Author
