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Global trade tensions are boiling over and questions about the United States’ economic future are at the center of the debate. As trade experts question what comes next, it’s important to analyze how the United States got to this point. How have the current administration’s trade policies of today reshaped the global order of tomorrow?
Show Notes
Get caught up on seasons one and two:
Season two:
"Why We Need International Students"
"The Human Cost of Labor Trafficking"
"Bonus Episode: “A Medically Induced Economic Coma”"
Season one:
“China Doesn’t Want Your Trash”
“New Years Special: 2020 Hindsight”
“The One Where We Talk About NATO at a Party”
The United States has had a trade deficit, meaning we import more than we export, for the past fifty years. But recently the trade deficit has become a front-burner issue for President Donald Trump and a core reason for his administration’s sweeping tariff policy. When do trade deficits become a problem? Is the United States already at the tipping point?
With allies and adversaries alike impacted by new economic barriers and tariffs, the global map of U.S. trade relationships hangs in question. As the U.S. rethinks its commitments with its trading partners, allies may seek deals elsewhere, even with historic rivals. Can the president single-handedly tear up a trade deal, and what happens when deals that took decades to craft are suddenly up for renegotiation?