Terms of Trade
Why Trump Rebuked Hardliners Who Pushed for More China Decoupling
A Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry ship at the Port of Long Beach.
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The world of business and economics is understandably fixated on the coronavirus outbreak in China and the unfurling impact on supply chains and the global economy. It is already provoking another round of discussion of de-globalization as the trend of the moment. But President Donald Trump offered a tweeted flash at a variation on that theme last week that’s at least worth adding to the conversation.