Why Trump's trade assault will fail and keep going: podcast
US trade partners are bracing for another presidential tariff deadline. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Richard Baldwin of IMD Business School explains why hostility to US imports is now a bipartisan issue, and why the global trading system can survive Trump's onslaught.
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(The host is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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