“The old trade regime was based on the idea that America was a rich country and China was a poor country and therefore China was entitled to certain advantages and tolerance of its misbehavior,” explains McGregor. “We should say to the Chinese: ‘You now are our economic equal.’ Give them that dignity. And tell them we want to restart these negotiations on the basis of total reciprocity. We should both have the same rules of access to each other’s economies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/opinion/trump-china-trade.html