Institutional Origins of the Trump Administration’s Trade Brinkmanship towards China: Concurrence of America’s Limited Legal Leverage and China’s Overproduction

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Brief Overview

This paper examines why the Trump administration has ended up adopting trade brinkmanship that goes beyond the legal leverage of WTO rules.

Authors

• Kim Youcheer, Korea University

• Yongshin Kim, Sejong University