# The US Is Badly Losing Its Trade War With China

https://mins.news/en/item/70723

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-23 14:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-09-23/us-trade-policy-on-china-has-failed-by-its-own-standards?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab3db68f43c0f0001de9a5c

> Xi Jinping’s Thursday arrival at the White House will mark the first Chinese state visit to the US since 2015. The occasion offers a chance to assess Donald Trump’s sweeping China trade policy launched in 2018. After eight years of high tariffs, export controls and industrial policy, the article concludes that the approach has failed on its own terms.

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