President Trump Spurs Trade War with World

Mary E. Lovely, a professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Associated Press article, “Trump Jabbed First. and Now World Hits Back in Trade Fight.”

“President Trump is creating a trade war with the entire world by imposing tariffs on these countries,” Lovely comments. She goes on to say, “We’ve never seen anything like this, at least not since countries tried to wall themselves off from foreign competition during the Great Depression.”