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The Trade War Drove American Automaking Jobs to China as Tariffs Stalled U.S. Exports

Eric Boehm | Reason | 02/16/2021

Former President Donald Trump’s trade war sank American manufacturing exports and inadvertently helped shift automaking jobs to China as carmakers, including BMW and Tesla, responded to new uncertainty in global supply…

History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General

World Trade Organization | 02/15/2021

WTO members made history today (15 February) when the Genera...

Being Wrong about China Then Matters Less Than Being Right about China Now

Daniel J. Ikenson | Cato Institute | 01/27/2021

Ever since the George H.W. Bush admini...

Getting the China challenge right

David Dollar | Ryan Hass | Brookings | 01/25/2021

SUMMARY     The Trump administration had an incoherent and inconsistent policy...

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