The tariffs hurt China enough that they did a phase 1 trade deal and Trump kept the tariffs on. Where were your 'experts' on China the last three decades that China has taken advantage of the US on trade. Trump said China has been 'raping' us for decades on trade. What have your experts done about it? Where were they all this time?
Sorry the Corona is going to your brain asking about my "experts" The U.S. has been fighting China since the WTO formation days and now you think that THIS TIME IT IS DIFFERENT because Trump taxed the American people and got China to agree to some buy U.S. farm goods. Lot of past presidents got some agreements but China never complies..... Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Trump did not invent China being the enemy... and before you hang your hat on Phase 1 : https://www.marketwatch.com/story/w...deal-with-china-does-and-doesnt-do-2020-01-15 Know that the root fundamental and institutional issues that allow china to be unfair in the global market place still exist. All Trump got was agreement for China to buy some farm goods, not to change its economic structure..the same one Clinton, Bush, and Obama were battling and failed.
Trump is going to need 4 more years to accomplish something really useful. (if he can) China already owns Biden.