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Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Trump Has Gotten China to Lower Its Tariffs. Just Toward Everyone Else.

Chad P. Bown (PIIE), Euijin Jung (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)
June 12, 2019
Trucks wait in the queue for border customs control to cross into U.S. at the World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Trump's New Tariff Actions: A Wakeup Call to Global Markets

Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
May 31, 2019
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Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Trump’s Trade War Timeline: An Up-to-Date Guide

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Melina Kolb (PIIE)
December 18, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump poses as he signs a presidential proclamation placing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports while surrounded by workers from the steel and aluminum industries at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2018.
REUTERS/Leah Millis
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Measuring Trump's 2018 Trade Protection: Five Takeaways

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)
February 15, 2019
Mary E. Lovely
PIIE/Jeremey Tripp
Past Event

Trade War with China: Costs, Opportunities, Challenges, and Benefits

Chad P. Bown (PIIE), Mary E. Lovely (PIIE) and Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)
September 25, 2018 12:00 AM

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