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EU and US Imposing Duties on Chinese Goods

One way or another, the Europeans, Americans, and Japanese have acted against China’s unfair trade practices. Beijing is sorely pressed.
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EU and US Imposing Duties on Chinese Goods
A worker handles steel cables at a steel factory in Nantong, eastern Jiangsu Province, China, on July 3, 2018. AFP/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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While the Trump administration’s tariffs and Beijing’s reactions to them have occupied the headlines, China has also had to react to European restraints on its trade.

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."