Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump versus China, six months in, and China's winning.

It's time to take a quick look at how Trump's trade policies have played out.

About six months ago on April 5th, Trump announced to the world that,

quote, China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They and many other nations

have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless whipping post, but not any longer. We are bringing back

jobs and businesses like never before. These are Trump's metrics for success. China's being

hit harder is a reference to trade, import and exports. Then we have jobs. Those are his metrics. That's not something a world-renowned

economist said he wasn't taking into account. It's not something made up that was unrelated to his

goals. That's what he said. He also says businesses, but that's not actually a thing in the days of multinational companies.

He might mean investment dollars, but there's no way to quantify that, because he won't

provide real numbers on anything.

Let's start with the easiest one, jobs.

The jobs market is now so bad, he fired the calculator.

Now we're not getting government reports because he was incapable of keeping the government

open. But we're getting private analysis and we have the other BLS reports. Job growth has collapsed. But most notably, the sectors Trump promised

to help manufacturing, mining, construction, and wholesale trade, they all sure seem to show negative

job growth. That means Trump lost jobs, not created them.

Was China hurt more on trade?

No.

Chinese exports globally are actually up 8.3% in September, compared with a year ago, bringing in around $328 billion.

Exports to the U.S. are down, but they made up for that elsewhere.

...