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Power Problems • August 27, 2019 

# The Trade War to End All Trade Wars? 

Matthew Goodman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss Trump’s trade war with China.

- [Matthew P. Goodman bio](https://www.csis.org/people/matthew-p-goodman)
- Matthew P. Goodman and Ely Ratner, “[A Better Way to Challenge China on Trade: Trump’s Harmful Tariffs Aren’t the Answer](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-03-22/better-way-challenge-china-trade),” *Foreign Affairs*, March 22, 2018
- Eswar Prasad, “[Which country is better equipped to win a U.S.-China trade war?](https://sites.tufts.edu/css/the-intervention-project-gets-into-gear/)” *Washington Post*, August 9, 2019.

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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

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

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