Andy Puzder and Jim Talent are correct. I take issue with their view of China, and expressed as much in a September 12th column which can be found here. They've responded at RealClearMarkets, and here is my response to their response.
Puzder and Talent argue that as a supporter of free markets, I should be pleased with President Trump's policies toward China; policies they agree with. The problem is that as applied to China, Trump's policies aren't free market. My take is that their stance is contradictory precisely because they've been put in the position of defending that which runs counter to existing realities, along with what they (Puzder in particular) have long believed.
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