Honestly, in the sense Putin talked about trade between China and Russia, I could see the logic- he talked about balanced trade. In 2022, we had a ~370 Billion dollar trade deficit with China. In theory, with proper controls (tariffs on their goods in the USA equal or higher than tariffs on US goods into China, controls on price dumping, etc) I could see the logic in balanced trade - which in my mind would be was decreasing their imports by 370B or increasing US exports by the same number.
My hope would be decreasing their imports though. America needs to be self sufficient again.
Honestly, in the sense Putin talked about trade between China and Russia, I could see the logic- he talked about balanced trade. In 2022, we had a ~370 Billion dollar trade deficit with China. In theory, with proper controls (tariffs on their goods in the USA equal or higher than tariffs on US goods into China, controls on price dumping, etc) I could see the logic in balanced trade - which in my mind would be was decreasing their imports by 370B or increasing US exports by the same number.
My hope would be decreasing their imports though. America needs to be self sufficient again.