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    Leibowitz: Europe Aims to Impose Countervailing Duties on EVs From China

    Written by Lewis Leibowitz


    Trade policy moves create great ironies sometimes. I often write about these ironies when the US acts against the interests of the country as a whole by protecting certain industries from international competition.

    But the US is not alone, especially in recent years as the World Trade Organization and the international geopolitical order have been strained to the breaking point.

    Lewis Leibowitz, SMU Contributor

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