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Donald Trump’s one-front trade war

22 May 2019

5:15 PM

22 May 2019

5:15 PM

At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, President Donald Trump went a long way toward defusing a potential war – not with Iran, but Canada and Mexico, where Trump revoked tariffs he had imposed in the name of national security. Why the sudden bout of tariff reduction? The president is focusing on a one-front trade war with China.

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