Adam Minter, Columnist

The Great Firewall Is a Trade Barrier

And the U.S. should be thinking about saying so at the WTO.

March 26, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC

Adam Minter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the business of sports. He is the author, most recently, of “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."

China's latest target.
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