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Has the US declared economic war on China?

Has the US declared economic war on China?

Biden unleashes new tariffs on Chinese EVs and clean energy imports

The Rachman Review · Richard Martin

May 16, 202431m 1s

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Show Notes

As the US election looms, President Joe Biden has announced huge new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other green tech goods. Gideon Rachman sits down with Michael Froman, former US trade representative and the president of America's Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the widening of protectionism in the US and globally, and the dangers this could bring.


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