How Donald Trump should have tackled the US trade deficit

The US trade deficits will have to be reduced materially to prevent a crisis down the road. This column argues that fiscal consolidation, in association
Redirecting Chinese exports from the US: Evidence on trade deflection from the first US-China trade war

With the prospect of far-reaching decoupling of goods trade between China and the US, fears of deflection of Chinese exports to third markets have returned.

