Outside voices: A ‘closer look’ at Trump’s call for trade reciprocity

There’s something right about the commitment to seek trade reciprocity, but there’s a lot that can go wrong, two veteran trade analysts say in taking a “closer look” at President Trump’s call for identifying where the U.S. is disadvantaged by tariff differences and promise of levies to correct imbalances. Trump is “right about reciprocity – a fair balance of tariff concessions among countries has long been integral to U.S. trade policy,” Edward Alden and Jennifer Hillman write in an article...