To slow China’s tech advances, Trump should keep its factories addicted to cheap exports via low tariffs, economist says

fortune.com/2025/04/13/china-economy-tech-competition-cheap-exports-trump-tariffs-trade-war

President Donald Trump's approach to US-China trade has been to impose prohibitively high tariffs. While he just gave key tech imports a temporary reprieve, the rest of China's producers still face tariffs of 145%. But if Trump wants to slow China's technological progress, that's the…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-04-13 18:15:33.
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