US tariffs against China more about politics than economics

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US tariffs against China more about politics than economics

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In response to the latest move by US president Donald Trump to impose tariffs against China in retaliation for alleged intellectual property theft Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios, a reader in International Business in the Kent Business School at the University of Kent gives his view. ‘In another controversial move, President Trump has decided to announce plans to impose tariffs on a number of Chinese products and at the same time introduce barriers to Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) entering the US. [Read Full Article]