Trump is off to a slow start on trade promises

Trump also has not initiated the renegotiation of the North American FTA with Mexico and Canada

President Donald Trump keeps firing verbal broadsides at Mexico and China, but so far his new administration has not acted to keep specific campaign promises about trade policy.

Trump did not declare China a “currency manipulator” on his first day in office, as he had vowed, nor has he after his first month. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said on Thursday that his department was conducting a standard biannual review of the currency practices of China and other trading partners.

Trump also has not initiated the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, something he promised to