During the Cold War, the economic benefits of trade were considered secondary to national security. The Pentagon at the time told U.S. agriculture that the Common Agriculture Policy was the glue that held Europe together and that was more important vis-à-vis the Soviet Union than any harm to American farm sales. This week’s Sino-American meeting in Anchorage proved that once again, trade is taking a back seat. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened the meeting with China with the Biden Administration’s top priorities: repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, governance in Hong Kong, the future of Taiwan, cyberattacks, and Beijing’s treatment of Australia. As noted in Politico, several senior members of the Biden A...