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Trade War
October 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Old Man Trump Is So Desperate for a War, He’s Inventing Them Now
Donald Trump made up a war with America’s oldest ally, France.
April 9, 2020
Daniel K. Gardner
The Planet Can’t Afford a Coronavirus Feud
The United States and China, despite current tensions, have to work together on fighting global warming. It’s the only way.
August 27, 2019
Benjamin Studebaker
The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China
As the media obsesses over each round of tariffs, they're missing a much bigger story about the future of the global economy.
June 5, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis
The migrants that do arrive in the U.S. are fleeing situations exacerbated by decades of bad American foreign policy. Tariffs on Mexico would continue that pattern.
May 7, 2019
Sam Bresnick
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Lucas Tcheyan
The Unintended Consequences of Trump’s Trade War
Forcing Beijing into economic reform could help it overtake the U.S. in the long run.
July 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Is Trump really about to enter into a “full-blown trade war” with China?
July 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Google’s Chump Change
The fine the EU slapped on the company earlier this week may have set a record, but it will have to do more to get Silicon Valley's attention.
July 19, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump misses the point about the European Union’s record fine against Google.
July 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Big Trade War Bluff
When the president threatens to blow up the global economy, he is really playing to a domestic audience.
June 15, 2018
Matthew Chitwood
Tea and Tariffs in Rural Yunnan
China's farmers see the trade war as an act of American aggression.
June 4, 2018
Heather Souvaine Horn
Why Steel Tariffs Matter
The economic impact will probably be minimal, says Peter Chase. But boy do they throw a wrench into existing trade treaties.
April 18, 2018
Fatema Z. Sumar
A Smarter Idea Than Starting a Trade War
To curb China, the U.S. could increase development aid to other Asian countries. Sometimes, doing good is good strategy.
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