When will President Donald Trump's trade war with China end? Will it end? And if it does, who's to say another American president at some time in the future won't initiate a new one? Policymakers, traders, business analysts, and prognosticators the world over are trying to answer all of these questions, a remarkably difficult task given the value Trump places on unpredictability. And, true to form, Trump's salvo of tariffs over the last several weeks—instituting a chaotic reciprocal tariff regime, only to walk it back for 90 days while increasing restrictions on Chinese exports—is the epitome of unpredictability.
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