Until now, the muted financial market response to Trump’s protectionism agenda has been explained by three beliefs: that he doesn’t really mean what he says and is using tariffs as a negotiating tool; that even if he does mean it, cooler heads in Washington will prevail; and that sooner or later the deleterious results of the trade policy will become so obvious that the president will think again.
Moreover, the group in Washington making the case for free trade appears to be dwindling in both numbers and influence.
文本选自
:The Guardian(卫报)
作者
:Larry Elliott
原文标题
:Trump will soon find that winning a trade war is not that easy
原文发布时间
:1 July 2018