Negotiating with China over its unfair trading practices is like bleeding water from a stone. We know that Mr. Trump has slapped a new 10 percent tariff on China, and for a bunch of reasons I hope he doesn’t relent.

That’s fine–it’s fine,” Trump told reporters from the White House Tuesday afternoon. “We're going to do very well against China and against everybody else." China imposed 15% tariffs on U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas imports,