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Trump’s trade war: Who really wins?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Trump’s trade war: Who really wins?

Beneath America’s shifting economic and foreign policy lies a fundamental question: What happens when its closest allies can no longer trust it? The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

The economic waves of Trump 2.0: Insights from The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes

Listen: Investors and business leaders alike are starting to realize they may have gotten Trump 2.0 wrong. It turns out President Trump actually meant what he said.

Former US President Donald Trump, flanked by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, at the White House.
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Tariff Man’s main man: How Robert Lighthizer changed US trade policy

Former President Donald Trump delighted in calling himself “Tariff Man.” But Trump’s own Tariff Man was Robert Lighthizer, who led the Office of the US Trade Representative as the president’s top trade negotiator. Lighthizer’s new book, “No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers,” sets out his black-and-white views on trade, prosecutes his case against China as an existential threat to the US, and recounts his trade battles with foreign counterparts.

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Biden's trade strategy

Would a President Joe Biden transform US trade policy? Expect a new strategy, but the results will likely be limited.







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