The Washington Post: Biden’s course for U.S. on trade breaks with Clinton and Obama
EDITOR'S NOTE: The AFL-CIO has endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket for reelection. The AFL-CIO also endorsed Biden and Harris in 2020.
The labor-friendly president has kept Trump tariffs while embracing active industrial policy, parting from decades of trade policy
By DAVID J. LYNCH
President Biden is making it clear that the United States’ rejection of full-throttle globalization during the Trump administration was no aberration, as he continues a remarkable break with decades of trade policy that spanned both Republican and Democratic administrations.
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Blending a tough-on-China stance with lavish federal subsidies for favored industries, the president is reshaping the U.S. approach to cross-border commerce to focus on the needs of Americans as workers rather than consumers.