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Stephen Redding

@reddingecon.bsky.social
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Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Stanford University

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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tariff turmoil is back, this time it's Canada in the crosshairs. What's really driving Trump's tariff policies? Stanford economist Stephen Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social), one of the world's leading experts on international trade, explains on SIEPR's Econ To Go podcast. Episode linked👇
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NBER @nber.org · 17/08/2026
Conventional static welfare gains from trade abstract from dynamic effects through endogenous factor accumulation and technological innovation, from Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu, and @reddingecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w35595
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Submission link for NBER International Trade and Investment Program meeting at Stanford on Nov 20-21, 2026: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b... @nber.org
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Submission: International Trade and Investment Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 20/07/2026
@sdonnan.bsky.social covers research by CEPR Fellow @reddingecon.bsky.social and co-authors in a recent Bloomberg News Supply Line newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... Referenced paper: cepr.org/publications... #EconSky
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A Summer Reading List to Grasp the Geopolitical Shifts Shaping the Future
US Treasury’s Bessent lays out a ‘doctrine’ steeped in economic self-reliance
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NBER @nber.org · 10/07/2026
Developing a tractable quantitative model of international trade in which agents make bilateral investments in resilience under general equilibrium uncertainty, from Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu, @reddingecon.bsky.social, and David Xu www.nber.org/papers/w35416
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Excited about next week’s NBER trade and investment Summer Institute 7/13-7/15: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Organized by @treballen.bsky.social and Natalia Ramondo. Live streamed on the NBER YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org
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SI 2026 International Trade & Investment
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NBER @nber.org · 25/06/2026
Open call for papers, Macroeconomic Effects of Population Aging. Conference to be held virtually on September 18, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on August 5, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On Freakonomics Radio recently, SIEPR's @alroth.bsky.social talked about assisted suicide, one of many "repugnant" markets he discusses in his new book, "Moral Economics." Here's Roth on our Econ To Go podcast, sharing his insights into illicit drug sales, organ donation + more: tinyurl.com/47a3ufss
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Let’s talk tariffs: They’ve been around forever, but rarely are they used to the extent we’re seeing today. In this episode of Econ To Go, @nealemahoney.bsky.social & Stanford trade economist @reddingecon.bsky.social unpack the tariff turmoil & how we're impacted: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Congratulations to SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky and 4 other @stanforduniversity.bsky.social scholars recognized by the Guggenheim Foundation for their trailblazing work! Abramitzky's research has debunked immigration myths and shed light on income inequality. More on these 2026 @guggfellows.bsky.social ⤵️
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🥳 Congratulations to @adrienbilal.bsky.social, SIEPR faculty fellow and assistant professor of economics, for his 2026 Best Young Economist Award from French media giant Le Monde. Bilal is being recognized for his research into the economic impacts of #climatechange: tinyurl.com/yxn328hw
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Adrien Bilal, winner of the 2026 Best Young Economist Award: 'Climate change will cost 50% of GDP by 2100'
The winner of the 27th edition of the prize, created in 2000 by Le Monde and Le Cercle des Economistes, has developed a model that better captures the global impacts of climate disruption.
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Recent Hoover Institution conference on the future of the geoeconomic environment, including our research on “International Trade in an Uncertain World”: www.hoover.org/events/hoove... @hooverinstitution.bsky.social @stanford.edu
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Hoover Institution Conference on The Future of the GeoEconomic Environment
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Call for Papers for NBER Conference on Tariffs and Economic Performance: stephenredding.github.io/NBER_Tariffs... @nber.org @siepr.org
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
⛽️Surging gas prices are taking a bite out of President Trump's promised tax refunds promised, and could devour the largest checks. The math in link 👇, courtesy of SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, Caleb Brobst and @weakinstrument.bsky.social. #GasPrices #Affordability
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Submission link for the NBER Summer Institute International Trade and Investment meeting organized by Natalia Ramondo and @treballen.bsky.social Deadline March 26: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b... @nber.org
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Submission: Summer Institute 2026, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This just in: Our recent SIEPR Economic Summit featured a spirited debate over the proposed Calif. "billionaire tax" between 2 experts who know the pros/cons better than anyone: SIEPR Senior Fellow Joshua Rauh and UC Berkeley prof Emmanuel Saez. You don't want to miss this! Video👇 #BillionaireTax
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Making waves: Data ➡️ 70% of companies globally actively use #AI, but no impact YET on hiring or productivity. Another tidbit: Workers expect AI to boost near-term hiring; their bosses don't. More insights in @voxeu.org from SIEPR's @nickbloom.bsky.social & Steve Davis, w/coauthors.👇 #EconSky
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NBER @nber.org · 08/03/2026
Neoclassical economics emphasizes that international trade acts like an improvement in technology that is mutually beneficial. Tariffs are a tax on this trading technology, from Ralph Ossa and @reddingecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34915
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NBER @nber.org · 05/03/2026
Open call for papers, The Rate of Return to R&D Investments. Conference to be held in Washington, DC on October 2, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on June 17, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Call for papers for JPE Macro-Chicago-Minneapolis Fed-Stanford Conference on the Long-Run Implications of Deglobalization: sites.google.com/view/mppconf.... @jpolecon.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @minneapolisfed.bsky.social @beckerfriedman.bsky.social
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2026 Conference
The Long-Run Implications of Deglobalization October 9, 2026 Stanford University
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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New research from Huang, Benny Kleinman Liu & Stephen Redding (CEP) for VoxEU shows that China’s and Japan’s productivity booms reduced the US share of global GDP — but raised US welfare. Read more: cepr.org/voxeu/columns/accommodatin…
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Accommodating emerging giants in the global economy
History provides many examples of large changes in the relative economic size of nations. This column examines the impact of rapid economic growth in emerging economies on the income and welfare of other nations and the mechanisms through which these effects occur. The authors find that rapid growth in Chinese productivity from 1960 to 2020, and in Japanese productivity in the eary decades of the sample period, contributed to a decline in the US share of global GDP, but raised US welfare through reductions in consumer prices and the cost of living. The findings highlight that changes in...
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Submission link for the NBER International Trade and Investment Spring meeting (submission deadline January 23): conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
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Submission: International Trade and Investment Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · 02/01/2026
Look back at lists of articles published in 2024 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...) 2023 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2022 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2021 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2020 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2019 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...) & 2018 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...)
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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · 02/01/2026
i) Miyauchi, Nakajima & @reddingecon.bsky.social, @qjeharvard.bsky.social. Tokyo smartphone data reveal trip chaining as central to urban mobility. Consumption externalities link locations, shaping agglomeration, work-from-home impacts, and returns to transport investment doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data*
ABSTRACT. We develop a tractable quantitative framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data. We show that travel
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NBER @nber.org · 09/12/2025
Reductions in worldwide trade frictions over the period from 1960 to 2020 reduced the share of the United States in global GDP but raised its aggregate welfare, from Zhuokai Huang, Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu, and @reddingecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34530
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check out Eugenia’s brilliant paper on superstar firms and specialized skills! An important contribution to our understanding of growth and innovation in the technology sector.
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check out Yuyang’s terrific job market paper on evaluating the U.S. Interstate Highway Network in spatial equilibrium with decentralized strategic investments by state planners. A major advance in the knowledge frontier.
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Yuyang Jiang @itsyuyangj.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excited to share my JMP “Strategic Transportation Investment and Coordinative Policies: Evidence from the U.S. Highway Network.” I show that limited cooperation across states leaves the U.S. highway network underbuilt and misallocated. I explain factors that drive these distortions. Link below.
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Graduate and Early Career Fellowships, Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies
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Eugenia Menaguale @eumena.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
💡 Why would a firm spend millions teaching workers it doesn’t even employ? From open-sourcing to free certifications, superstar firms often train the workforce of their customers. My JMP explains why. 🧵👇 1/n
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
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Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Fall 2025
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Join us online today for the NBER - Sloan Transportation and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity Conference: www.nber.org/conferences/.... On the NBER YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@nbervideos?...
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Transportation Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity, Fall 2025
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
#QJE Nov 2025, #1, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data*
ABSTRACT. We develop a tractable quantitative framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data. We show that travel
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social
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Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | Volume 6, Issue 1: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Call for proposals: CA labor economists are invited to submit papers for this year's All-California Labor Economics Conference, to be held Sept 11-12 at @siepr.bsky.social, and organized by @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social and Isaac Sorkin. #EconSky Apply by May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment,” by Tim de Silva (@timdesilva.me): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment*
Abstract. Student loans with income-contingent repayment insure borrowers against income risk but can reduce their incentives to earn more. Using a change
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Excited to see this paper coming out. We develop a tractable framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data, including travel itineraries and the resulting consumption externalities between locations
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/07/2025
Economists are combining modern tools and old ideas to make sense of today’s trade war. It is a good time to revive Albert Hirschman’s work
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What economics can teach foreign-policy types
Hegemons should care about even puny countries
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Call for submissions for the NBER International Trade and Investment Program Meeting on November 21-22, 2025, at Stanford: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b.... Submission deadline 11.59pm ET on Monday September 15, 2025.
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Submission: International Trade and Investment Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Call for Papers for NBER Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century Virtual Conference, October 24, 2024, organized with Ed Glaeser and Jim Poterba: stephenredding.github.io/Call_for_Pap.... Submission Deadline Weds Sept 3, 11.59 ET. @nber.org @siepr.bsky.social @treballen.bsky.social
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NBER @nber.org · 04/07/2025
Open call for papers, Gender in the Economy: Structural Transformation and Women's Time-Use. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on March 27, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on Decem... www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-propo…
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 29/05/2025
#CallforPapers for the conference 'The New Global Economy: Trade Wars & De-dollarisation?' Deadline: 1 July Organisers: @meredith-crowley.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social , Lu Han @bankofcanada.ca, Dmitry Mukhin , Ben Tomlin @bankofcanada.ca More and submit your paper cepr.org/events/new-g...
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Don’t forget to submit your papers for this NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity! Submission deadline June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi: stephenredding.github.io/Call_for_Pap... @nber.org @harvard.edu @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Call for papers for NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: www.princeton.edu/~reddings/Ca... Deadline: June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi. @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social @jintlecon.bsky.social @indorgsociety.bsky.social
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Excited about the NBER Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century Conference on Friday starting at noon Eastern time: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Live streamed on NBER YouTube: m.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
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Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Spring 2025
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Raffaella Sadun @raffasadun.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! The Digital Reskilling Lab at Harvard is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our research on workforce development, labor markets and AI. Apply here 👉 academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14918 #EconJobs #Postdoc #FutureOfWork #AI #LaborEconomics #Harvard
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Postdoctoral Fellow with the Digital Reskilling Lab - Digital, Data, and Design Institute
The Digital Reskilling Lab, led by Professors Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The mission of the Digital Reskilling Lab is to conduct research on workplace initiati...
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Neale Mahoney @nealemahoney.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Fantastic to have @cselmendorf.bsky.social and many others at the @siepr.bsky.social Economics of Wildfires event last week. Check out his 🧵 for takeaways and questions. (ICYMI, we’ll be posting videos and summaries in the coming days.)
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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
What’s happening with tariffs, why is there so much upheaval, and how do we get out of this? SIEPR Senior Fellow Alan Sykes, an expert on the law and economics of international trade, joins Stanford Law School podcast Stanford Legal to break it all down. law.stanford.edu/stanford-leg...
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Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump’s Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes | Stanford Law School
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