Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins Chad Bown to help explain what has happened since President Trump’s sweeping April 2, 2025 tariff announcement. They discuss the surprises in the US import and export data from 2025, trading partner retaliation, the deals, and what comes next after the Supreme Court’s February 2026 decision (22:01).
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- Bown, Chad P. (2026) “The Trump-China trade wars: Five takeaways from US imports in 2025,” PIIE Realtime Economics, March 16,
- Bown, Chad P. (2026) “China no longer buys US exports: Drawing the right lessons for the next Trump-Xi deal,” PIIE Realtime Economics, March 3,
- Bown, Chad P. (2026) “Negotiating a win-win end to the lose-lose US-China trade war over technology and critical minerals,” PIIE Working Paper 26-5, March,
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