HKS Affiliated Authors

Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy

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Don’t Get Distracted by the Trade Deficit With China. Jason Furman, May 20, 2018, Opinion, "Trade negotiations with China are grinding forward, but Beijing now appears to have rebuffed the Trump administration’s top demand. The White House has pushed the Chinese to reduce their bilateral trade surplus with the U.S. by $200 billion. Although they have made some vague commitments to increase American imports, it has become clear these ..." Link