Scott Bessent wants to propose that [trading partners are to limit China’s involvement in their economies in exchange for concessions on reciprocal tariffs](https://archive.is/GxECZ#selection-2479.19-2479.153).
I think this is a tough sell, specially after the "Liberation Day" fiasco and all the backtracking and about face that this administration has done so far on tariffs. Specially that now that most countries have China, not the US, as their main trading partner ([SOURCE](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2020-trading-partners.html)).
Had the administration started with "isolate China approach" by offering a carrot to the partners, maybe this could have worked. But after declaring a trade world on the whole world, the idea of now offering concession on that trade war in exchange for isolating China seems quite arrogant. Maybe I am naive and stupid, but I feel that the US is overplaying its hand here.
