![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7b24d41027df2e589ac6d9f315e4ca20d3c1d9b8/0_0_5000_3000/master/5000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=0ac6b777c31c74298e70b0f3ce052978)
‘Bring me my tariffs’: how Trump’s China plan was 40 years in the making
In 2011, Donald Trump spoke before an audience of about 1,000 in Las Vegas, teasing a prospective, if fanciful, presidential run. Halfway through a rant over Middle East policy and oil prices, he digressed for a moment on trade with Asia: “China, I said …