* (BUTTON) Topics + PS 25 + Trade Wars + Media + Value in the Age of AI -- -- * Whatsapp How to Get Past the US-China Trade War Nov 7, 2019 Dani Rodrik -- -- restrictions on bilateral investment flows. Such an approach would further intensify and render permanent US President Donald Trump’s trade war. We propose a middle ground between convergence and decoupling. The key -- -- safeguarding (or “protecting”) a country’s economic system should be presumed legitimate. What is not acceptable are policies that would impose one country’s rules on another (through trade wars or other pressure) or that provide domestic benefits only by imposing costs on trade partners. -- -- Joe Ryan Nov 9, 2019 It's understandable that Prof. Rodrik should try to avoid blame for appearing to support Pres. Trump's trade wars etc., and Prof. Rodrik's distancing himself from anti-globalism rhetoric is welcome in any case. -- -- * Big Picture + PS 25 + Trade Wars + Media + Value in the Age of AI