It was looking like a rough holiday season for President Donald Trump’s Republicans until the leader of the Chinese Communist Party came to town. Hidden beneath the pageantry of Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Washington, D.C., was an agreement to exempt $60 billion worth of goods from higher tariffs to encourage more trade in non-sensitive areas that accounted for a modest 14.5 percent of total two-way trade in 2025. Under the “30-for-30” lists announced by both sides this week, China will lower import duties on American consumer products like hairspray, as well as purchases from the U.S. agricultural and…
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