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Could a weakening US economy imperil Trump's trade war against China?

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
Could a weakening US economy imperil Trump's trade war against China?A weaker domestic economy could limit Trump's options.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is based on two basic and complementary assumptions: the U.S. economy is strong and, perhaps more importantly, stronger than the Chinese economy.

Last summer when the war began heating up, both assumptions were certainly...

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