Trade War Language Us versus them, me (America First) and we. Donald Trump called the EU a foe this past weekend. He says he meant it in terms of competitors like the battle for market share between Airbus and Boeing. But the EU is not America’s “foe,” and the WTO is not an assault on national sovereignty. He would do far better to focus language on correcting for fairness and equity than on divisive kinetic terms. The longer-term problem with his antagonisms is the bitterness left behind, whereby even trading terms based on zero tariffs cannot help sell products from a country with a sullied national brand. Trade War Economic Impacts Agricultural commodity prices are certainly being hurt by the trade war. The K...
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