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Tariffs and the Trade Balance: How Trump Validated His Critics

Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca | Council on Foreign Relations | 04/21/2021

Before Donald Trump became president in 2017, Americans paid tariffs on just two percent of their imported goods. The average tariff rate was 1.7 percent. In 2018, however, Trump launched…

What Will the Biden Administration Mean for Southeast Asia?

Joshua Kurlantzick | World Politics Review | 11/30/2020

Although President Donald Trump has not conced...

How Biden’s Win Affects Commodities Hit by Trade Wars, Tariffs

Joe Deaux | Bloomberg | 11/08/2020

It’s been a tumultuous four years for U.S. commodity industrie...

There’s a New Front in the US-China Trade and Tech War

Aarshi Tirkey | bserver Research Foundation | 11/04/2020

In little over a year, the Trump administration...

How Feasible is Decoupling from China?

RAGUL PALANISAMI | Asia & The Pacific Policy Society | 11/03/2020

Since assuming office, the Trump administration has often...

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