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Beijing’s Aggressive Use of Trade Will Hurt China in the Long Term

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Beijing’s Aggressive Use of Trade Will Hurt China in the Long Term
Police officers patrol at a container port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong Province, China, on Feb. 19, 2020. Chinatopix via AP
Milton Ezrati
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Because China’s economy has grown to a gigantic size, its top-down, command approach to economics, especially its trade policy, has destabilized and has begun to alienate several trading partners.

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Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”
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