International trade, tariffs and domestic manufacturing topped news stories last week. Bradley Setzler, Strumpf Early Career Professor of Economics at Penn State, discussed in the following Q&A the recent history of U.S.-China economic relations and the impact on American workers.
Q&A: ‘China shock,’ tariffs and American manufacturing
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