s and other high end technology items jeffrey albert tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research believes there can be no winners in a trade war. well i'd like it to end today in the fact that never should have begun because the only victims here are american consumers american producers chinese consumers chinese producers there's nobody who wins from a trade war and there doesn't seem to be any end to it and i think there won't be any end to it for a very long time as a matter of fact if you look back to march peter navarro the trade advisor at the white house said. no countries would dare retaliate against us tariffs so i have the sense that maybe there was a certain level of naivety operating in the level of the white house and the trade advisories and trump in particular that they really believe that this is just going to be this massive assertion of american power that hasn't turned out that way. in terms of the rest of the world other people do resent this and are fighting back and the remarkable thing about this is that of course this is coming back t

s and other high end technology items jeffrey albert tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research believes there can be no winners in a trade war. well i'd like it to end today in the fact that never should have begun because the only victims here are american consumers american producers chinese consumers chinese producers there's nobody who wins from a trade war and there doesn't seem to be any end to it and i think there won't be any end to it for a very long time as a matter of fact if you look back to march peter navarro the trade advisor at the white house said. no countries would dare retaliate against us tariffs so i have the sense that maybe there was a certain level of naivety operating in the level of the white house and the trade advisors and trump in particular that they really believe that this is just going to be just massive assertion of american power that hasn't turned out that way. in terms of the rest of the world other people do resent this and are fighting back and the remarkable thing about this is of course this is coming back to ameri

s and other high end technology items jeffrey albert tucker and a director of the american institute for economic research believes trump's trade policy is aimed at crafting an image as a strong leader. trump is a businessman and he's engaged in world trade all of his life and it's a very difficult thing to explain why he believes in economic nationalism but i would just make really two points why i mean is that protectionist ideology is a philosophical approach position that's a difficult nut to crack once it gets into the head you know where you think that if you want jobs for americans you have to have production for by and for americans this is what he believes the second thing is that by rally americans around the economic nationalism they grant him the appearance of having more more power more authority and allows them to exercise a kind of control over over the population and i hate to say it very reluctant to say it but i think that maybe the fundamental motivation namely politics and rallying his base behind him. thousands of yemenis have turned out in the capitol in protest

s and other high end technology items jeffrey albert tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research believes there can be no winners in a trade war. well i'd like it to end today and in fact it never should have begun because the only victims here are american consumers american producers chinese consumers chinese producers there's nobody who wins from a trade war and there doesn't seem to be any end to it and i think there won't be any end to it for a very long time as a matter of fact you know if you look back to to march peter navarro the trade advisor at the white house said that no countries would dare retaliate against us tariffs so i have the sense that maybe there is a certain level of naivety operating in the middle of all the white house and the trade advisories and trump in particular that they really believe that this is just going to be just massive assertion of american power that hasn't turned out that way. in terms of the rest of the world other people do resent.