This was the best answer so far:
Remember, Trump isn’t asking nations to pack up shop and relocate here, he gives them multiple choices:
1) build here
2) take your tariffs off and we will take ours off.
But I would add a third. Open your markets and we will drop our tariffs. This whole thing is about market access and non-tariff barriers.
The goal is to cut China out of the world economy. Anything that can be made in China can be made in Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. Vietnam is already making a deal. Trump is a Penn Wharton MBA. He understands the concept of the division of labor.
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