Catherine Rampell Is Mistaken: Protecting Microsoft and Pfizer's Patents In China Is Not "Our" Concern

It's rare that you get a more explicitly classist piece in a major newspaper than Catherine Rampell's column on Donald Trump's trade war with China. While its assessment of the Trump administration's blustery rhetoric and confused actions seems very much on the money, its assertions about the country's actual interests is not.

It tells readers:

"So rather than taking the time to learn about our actual complaints regarding China’s trade policy (primarily, intellectual property theft), or how...