Trump’s Trade War: Protecting America or Undermining It?

Dialogues économiques
JUNE 16, 2026
Since 2018, the Trump administration has been waging a trade war through successive hikes in customs duties. Has this policy protected the American economy? Researchers argue that, by fuelling uncertainty, it may in fact be producing the opposite effect.
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Céline Poilly
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