Analysts offer bleak assessment of Trump’s trade policy in Asia

A panel of trade analysts on Wednesday painted an unflattering picture of President Trump’s approach to trade with Asia during his first year in office. “If I were to characterize the first year of Trump’s trade policy in Asia, I could think of describing it in one word: disaster,” said Jeffrey Schott, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, at a Brookings Institution event. “It’s been a disaster for the United States of America.” Eswar Prasad, a...