Trade Peace Beats Trade War: Where Are the Democrats?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of trade wars and the Democratic response to Trump's policies.

Starting a trade war is just stupid. But maybe Trump simply doesn’t really care about tanking the economy. On this show, Washington Monthly politics editor Bill Scher points out that the current president appears to be trying to steer America The post Trade Peace Beats Trade War: Where Are the Democrats? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

People in this episode

Host: Burt Cohen

Guest: Bill Scher

Topics covered

• trade
• politics
• economy
• Democrats
• Trump
• trade war
• trade peace

Keywords

• trade war
• Trump
• Democrats
• economy
• Bill Scher
• Washington Monthly
• trade peace

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Organizations: Washington Monthly

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