About this episode

The episode reflects on the anniversary of Liberation Day and discusses the implications of President Trump's policies on the global economy, the e-commerce taxation moratorium, and new investigations by China into U.S. trade practices.

On this episode of the Trade Guys, Bill and Scott reflect on the anniversary of Liberation Day and how President Trump has reshaped the global economic landscape. They also react to the failure to renew the global moratorium on e-commerce taxation at the 14th WTO Ministerial and new Chinese investigations into U.S. trade practices.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill, Scott

Topics covered

• Liberation Day
• e-commerce taxation
• U.S.-China trade
• global economic landscape
• WTO
• trade practices

Keywords

• Liberation Day
• e-commerce
• WTO
• President Trump
• China
• trade investigations
• global economy

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Organizations: President Trump, WTO, China

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