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Outside voices: Should Congress intervene in the China trade war?

August 12, 2019 at 4:59 PM
President Trump’s trade war with China has gotten out of control, and Congress should step in, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Georgetown law professor Jennifer Hillman argued on Sunday. Writing in The New York Times , Hillman, a former general counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, contended that Trump was “ paying lip service ” to the requirements of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the law under which he has imposed or...


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