ON THE SUBJECT of trade policy, Ameri-ca's Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has been sounding rather like President Donald Trump. He claims that "economic security is national security", promises to create millions of manufacturing jobs and pledges to reduce America's dependence on China. On September 9th he published his "Made in America" plan, only for the White House to tell Fox News that it would host its own "Made in America" day on October 5th. America's trading partners hoping for change may dismiss Mr Biden's tough talk as campaign chatter. That would be unwise.
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