Trade Talks Episode 40: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Trump versus Everyone

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) explain the economic implications of President Trump’s decision to apply steel and aluminum trade restrictions on virtually all US trading partners as of June 1, 2018. Countries have announced their plans to retaliate against billions of dollars of US exports, to file WTO trade disputes, and to potentially impose restrictions on their own imports of steel and aluminum.

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Soumaya Keynes (The Economist)