Is There Any Art in Trump’s China Deal?

The President better get a lot in return if he lets ZTE off the hook.

Is President Donald Trump’s emerging trade deal with China as bad as it looks? It’s hard to see how he will be able to call it a win—unless perhaps the deal’s most important terms have nothing to do with trade.

Late Sunday morning Mr. Trump tweeted,“President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”

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