Joe Biden hints at ending America’s trade wars

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America has been mired in debates over protectionism and other trade policies for several years now, and it hasn’t shown many signs of slowing down. Will Joe Biden change things?

It was only late September when 3,500 American firms brought suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade, calling for an end to the Trump administration’s major tariffs on imports from China. Representing a diverse array of consumer goods, producers, and sellers, everything from Ford Motor Company to Walgreens, the petitioners argued that the “Tariff Man,” as President Trump has at times liked to style himself, did not justify the tariffs based on China’s abuse of U.S. intellectual property rights.

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