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Power Problems • January 14, 2020 

# Reading Trump’s Trade Tea Leaves 

Dan Ikenson, director of Cato’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the economic and foreign policy implications of Trump’s recent trade deals.

- [Daniel J. Ikenson bio](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-ikenson)
- Daniel J. Ikenson, “[A Few Things to Like about the U.S.-China Trade Deal](https://www.cato.org/blog/us-china-trade-deal-better-nothing),” *Cato at Liberty*, December 16, 2019
- Daniel J. Ikenson, “[Trump’s Alleged Trade Deal with China Would Fix Nothing](https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-alleged-trade-deal-china-would-fix-nothing),” *Cato at Liberty*, December 13, 2019
- Simon Lester and Inu Manak, “[The USMCA Is Moving Forward (Too) Quickly](https://www.cato.org/blog/uscma-moving-forward-quickly),” *Cato at Liberty*, December 16, 2019

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##### [Daniel J. Ikenson](/people/daniel-j-ikenson)

Former Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### John Glaser 

Host, Power Problems Podcast

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