Commentary
I have a bad feeling about the U.S.–China trade negotiations. One gets the impression President Donald Trump is so keen for a deal that he’s walking into trouble.
A worker shovels soy beans imported from Brazil at a soy bean processing company in Binzhou, in eastern Shandong Province, China, on March 6, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Grant Newsham
Author
Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
