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Why trade wars can be perilous: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Economics + Business Editor
Kentucky bourbon is among the products targeted with retaliatory tariffs by the EU.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Depending on whom you ask, the odds of the United States winning its trade war with China and the rest of the world is either probable, possible, unlikely, out of the question or irrelevant.

Economists generally agree, however, that American...

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