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Explainer: Trade war

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June 26, 2018

"Trade wars are good, and easy to win" tweeted US President Donald Trump in March. Now he's showing he meant it and imposing tariffs on Chinese steel and threatening to do the same with European cars. Is a trade war looming? What exactly is a trade war?

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