US President Donald Trump receives a briefing on Hurricane Harvey at a fire station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA/Handout
US President Donald Trump receives a briefing on Hurricane Harvey at a fire station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA/Handout

Can Trump’s sound economic policies outweigh his damaging view of trade?

Koichi Hamada argues that the Trump administration’s missteps – especially in Charlottesville – along with his misconceptions on trade imbalances, threaten to stifle his good ideas on deregulation and infrastructure

US President Donald Trump receives a briefing on Hurricane Harvey at a fire station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA/Handout
US President Donald Trump receives a briefing on Hurricane Harvey at a fire station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA/Handout
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