On GPS: Is a second ‘China shock' coming?

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The 'China shock' at the turn of this century wreaked havoc on US manufacturing and upended the global trade system. Fareed speaks with David Autor, one of the economists who first identified the 'China shock.' He warns that a second shock is coming — and this one will be worse.

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