Economics
China Says Trump's ‘America First’ Policies Are Hurting U.S.
- ‘Trade policy makers seem to be deaf,’ People’s Daily says
- Unusually direct criticism by Communist Party’s top newspaper
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The Chinese Communist Party’s top newspaper issued a rare direct criticism of President Donald Trump’s agenda, saying his “America First” policies were hurting his own people and fomenting discontent in the country.
“After more than a year of observing American diplomatic practice, people have seen the United States strides under the slogan ‘America First,’ but the complaints of those Americans who have not felt the benefits of ‘America First’ are growing,” an opinion piece published Thursday in the People’s Daily said. “Bizarrely, U.S. trade policy makers seem to be deaf.”