Comment by Sabinus

>If you want to restrict imports from China, it is somewhat necessary to restrict trade from Western countries as wel

A good strategy would be not to impose tariffs all goods, just the more important ones, and you would do it WITH your allies. Threaten the same tariffs on allies as China if they do not get on board. You could even use the leverage to get China to increase domestic consumption so they aren't exporting so hard.

Trump's policies aren't going to achieve what he thinks they will.