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Creating Two Trade Spheres in the World

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Creating Two Trade Spheres in the World
The U.S. flag flies over a container ship unloading it's cargo from Asia, at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 1, 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Balding
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Since the Trump administration rolled out its “Liberation Day” tariffs, many questions have arisen about the specific objectives and the reasons behind these actions.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.