It’s time to call Donald Trump’s trade war what it is: an experiment in economic torture. But it’s this latter role–that of self-harm–that dominates America’s 2019 given signs that China may best Trump. Rather, Trump is bowing to growing evidence that American workers are bearing the brunt of his torture economics. Trump's claims Washington is winning are belied by two new research papers that suggest the self-defeating nature of the trade war. Hence Trump’s desire for a China trade deal be can sell as proof the “Art of the Deal” president has still got it.

Source: Forbes March 06, 2019 11:15 UTC