Why did Bill have to take $1.25 payoff from Chinese businesses?

Reagan took $1 million to speak in Japan after leaving office. What's your point? There is nothing wrong with having trade between the US and China and promoting it, as long as that trade is fair and equitable. Both countries benefit when that happens. You haven't made a case that any of those speaking engagements, uming you have the details correct, have led to the loss of a single US job.