Tariffs Should Target Chinese Lawlessness\, Not the Trade Deficit

Tariffs Should Target Chinese Lawlessness, Not the Trade Deficit

Beijing’s strategy is to steal technology from American and other Western companies.

Made in China 2025 is Beijing’s plan to dominate global markets in a wide range of high-tech products. China’s strategy is to give large government subsidies to state-owned companies and supplement their research with technology stolen from American and other Western companies. This theft includes using the internet to invade the computers of foreign firms and forbidding companies to do business in China unless they share their technology with Chinese firms.

The U.S. should not let these outrageous practices continue. That...