OPINION: Trump’s Trade War With China Doesn’t Look Like a Win
Posted on AllSides April 16th, 2019
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OPINION
Prevailing against a fast-growing country run by autocrats isn’t so easy.
In March 2018, President Donald Trump uttered his famous declaration that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” A little more than a year later, it looks as if Trump is losing the trade war he started with China.
The tariffs that Trump slapped on Chinese goods -- and the additional tariffs he threatened -- may have dinged China’s economy. Most data sources indicate that Chinese growth slowed a bit in 2018. That dip could have been due...
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