Commentary: There's no 'pot of gold' at the end of a trade war with China
by Daniel Griswold, Los Angeles Times
Apr 06, 2018
3 minutes
Amid our escalating trade war with China, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, tried to assure investors that, despite roiling stock markets, a "pot of gold" lies at the end of the dispute. But the brinkmanship on both sides is more likely to cost Americans a pot of gold in disrupted trade and lost economic opportunity.
The spat between the world's two largest trading nations started last month with U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum; China responded in kind with
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