A Pint-Sized Hundred-Day Trade Takeaway
It’s here: the 100-day mark of the Trump presidency. Where do we find ourselves? The takeaway on trade is that there’s still no such thing as a coherent Trump agenda. That’s not unusual this early in an administration. What’s unique is how high the stakes are as particulars of the strategy, as well as personnel roles and responsibilities, get fleshed out. “Economic nationalism” — as ill-defined as it may be — still has a lot of currency with President Trump himself and some of his key advisors. It still poses a major threat to the interests of the U.S. and international partners, not to mention key domestic constituencies for whom it’s falsely held up as a solution.
Several of my Stimson colleagues have weighed in with their own brief appraisals, on a variety of issues, here.
