Trump’s tariff battle with China has ‘echoes of the Vietnam war’, US economist says - short news
Adam Posen, former Bank of England policymaker, compared the tactics to Johnson and Nixon refusing to back down
A leading US economist has likened Donald Trump’s tariff battle with China to the Vietnam war, arguing that both sides will be caught in a quagmire and unable to find a face-saving exit.
Adam Posen, the head of the Peterson Institute in Washington and a former Bank of England policymaker, spoke to the Guardian after penning an article for the US magazine Foreign..
source: The Guardian - 11.04.2025