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Trade wars: The method behind Donald Trump’s madness

22 September 2018

9:00 AM

22 September 2018

9:00 AM

Donald Trump campaigned as an unrepentant protectionist and, on the face of it, he has lived up to his word. He has torn up the US-Pacific free- trade partnership, threatened the European Union with trade wars and imposed tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of imports from China. As you might expect, Beijing’s retaliation has been immediate — as has the damage.

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