Per @BrookingsInst, a U.S.-China trade war would disproportionately hit counties @realDonaldTrump carried in '16. Of the 2,783 counties affected, POTUS won 2,279; compared to just 449 that went for @HillaryClinton.https://washex.am/2GZTXsW
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker @BrookingsInst and
I'm not a trump fan, but any analysis of a trade war that doesn't include yuan manipulation and IP theft in job loss calculations is misleading.
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Replying to @beardedcrank @BrookingsInst and
This story doesn't posit that China is not a bad actor. China is a bad actor. It just talks about what happens if things go sideways. Who takes the hit.
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker @BrookingsInst and
Totally fair. I'm responding more generally to some of the think tanks saying 200k job losses from the tariffs. While that may be true, it's not a complete picture.
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Replying to @beardedcrank @BrookingsInst and
Fair enough.
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