Trade and Tariffs
Trump’s trade war—Who is it good for?
October 16, 2018It's easy for Trump to present himself as the worker's hero because so few politicians have actually been champions of the working class.
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Trade war: What’s really behind the U.S.-China tariff dispute?
April 18, 2018If Trump succeeds, U.S. multinational corporations will become more profitable. But there will be little gain for U.S. workers.
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Wake-up call for Trump-voting farmers: Trade war will hit them hard
April 10, 2018If there were a betting pool in Las Vegas on a trade war between President Xi and President Trump, the Chinese dude would be an 8-1 favorite.
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Steel tariffs: Playing Trump’s protectionist game
March 13, 2018Labor and progressives should be skeptical of what Trump is putting on the table. He's not thinking of workers' interests with his trade proposals.
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Chinese Communist leader defends globalization while U.S. talks isolationism
February 22, 2017In a bizarre twist, it falls to China's Communist leader Xi Jinping to defend globalization as Trump talks of closing borders and halting trade.
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