The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.

Trump's erratic, and often confusing, rollout of tariffs has led to unprecedented market volatility and serious damage to investor trust in U.S. assets.

The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize Chinese society and threaten the Chinese Communist Party’s monopoly on power, is common among China hawks in the United States. This analysis is partly accurate, but it has led many to draw false conclusions.

Tariff escalation between the US and China causes billion-dollar impacts and becomes the target of memes on social media O post AI satires target Trump and JD Vance amid the worsening trade war with China apareceu primeiro em TechBreak.

China trade war couldn't be higher. And yet, there is little sense of consensus within Trump's own party on the best path forward. The post Trump's Trade War Is Pitting His Administration Against Itself appeared first on World Politics Review.