What Trump’s Re-election Means for Global Trade

Trump will claim that tariffs can stop China ripping off Americans and bring jobs back home, but in reality they will only make his country poorer, says Harrison Griffiths Well, he’s done it again. Donald Trump is set to return to the White House after pulling off a now-characteristic upset in last night’s presidential election. As the triumphant drumbeats of his supporters and shellshocked meltdowns of his opponents begin to mellow over the next week or so, the real work begins to understand what the policy outlook of Trump’s…