Trump Tackling Multiple High-Stakes Crises at Same Time

President breaking new ground on a number of issues that have plagued the US for years

President Donald Trump speaks at The Generation Next event, a White House Forum featuring millennial voters and administration officials on Mar. 22, 2018, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Mar. 22, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

China Tariffs

During the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump vowed to bring down the United States’ trade deficit with China—which reached an estimated $375 billion last year.

The annual cost of intellectual property (IP) theft to the U.S. economy could be as high as $600 billion, according to the IP Commission. And China is the world’s top IP infringer, responsible for between 50 percent and 80 percent of all IP theft costs.