Why did it take decades and an “unconventional” President to realize that the United States had significantly lost out to a “trading partner”? For 2017, United States trade deficit with China was estimated as being over $300 billion. What can be said for now – and what is certain for sure, is that trade gains made by the United States' formidable trading partner, China, were evident – but that millions of Americans either failed to acknowledge its potential or the possibility that it could eventually – and even soon, replace the world's economic leader. It is also possibly the case that it is much clearer for the general populace that are worst hit by the “unbeneficial” trade deals, to see through the picture – and realize what is happening, than those wealthier classes living in “La La land”.
REVIEW ON SOUTH KOREA-UNITED STATES TRADE RELATIONS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AMERICA FIRST’S DOCTRINE Demeiati Nur Kusumaningrum, Septian Nur Yekti
