US-China trade deal is spin for Trump’s failed protectionism

Free Trade & Protectionism
Author

Stephen Kirchner

Published

January 23, 2020

I have an op-ed in the AFR on the US-China ‘phase one’ trade deal noting its lack of substance in law and economics. To the extent that third parties like Australia are adversely affected by trade diversion, they could mount a case against China at the WTO.