The US isn’t winning Trump’s trade war, everyone is losing

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In conversations about the escalating trade war with China, President Trump likes to claim the United States is winning. He points out that tariff revenues, paid by China, are flowing full speed into the Treasury Department’s coffers, making the trade war good for America even in the short run.

Unfortunately, the president does not give quite the full picture.

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