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The tyre wars: Playing with fire
Sep 17th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC AND BEIJING
From The Economist print edition
From The Economist print edition
By succumbing to domestic pressures, America has started an alarming trade row with China
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[GREG IP and The Economist's Beijing Correspondent] IN RAW economic terms Barack Obama’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese tyres hardly registers. The number of jobs affected is barely a rounding error in measurements of the mighty American workforce. The cost to consumers is also slight. But in geopolitical terms, it is a whopper. Read the rest of this entry »
