Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
During the Trump administration, national security rose in prominence as a reason for restricting trade, investment and other economic activity. Among other examples, purported national security concerns led to the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as our colleagues Scott Lincicome and Inu Manak describe here); there were bans on Chinese social media apps WeChat and TikTok; and most recently, the shares of certain Chinese companies... Читать дальше...