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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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walter_russell_mead
walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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A flag-raising ceremony is held during the launching ceremony to unveil China's first Type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp, on December 27, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Named after southwest China's Sichuan Province, the independently-developed new vessel was put into the water at a launch and naming ceremony. (Photo by Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)
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A flag-raising ceremony is held during the launching ceremony of China's first Type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, on December 27, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)
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miles_yu
miles_yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
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