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Featuring Edward Alden
Trump threatens China with combined tariff rate of 104%
CBC News: The National
Expert Take
Expert TakeBrad Setser on the Damage From Trump's Gigantic Tariff Shock
Bloomberg Odd Lots Podcast
By James M. Lindsay
Expert Take
Featuring Edward Alden
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By William Henagan
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China Has Already Remade the International System
Foreign Affairs
By Michael Froman - By Brad W. Setser
By Ebenezer Obadare- By Christopher Shim and Will Merrow
Featuring Edward AldenAmerica’s Economic Exceptionalism Is on Thin Ice
The New York Times
Featuring Rebecca Patterson
How Covid Forever Changed the Way That Borders Work
The Washington Post
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