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Latest update: 15 May 2026; 3:00 pm CET

What the 1980s Record on Managed Trade Means for the Proposed US-China Board of Trade

A new generation of investigation-triggered trade instruments is quietly reshaping what trade policy can do. The logic is consistent: investigate, find and retaliate, but outside WTO rules. This piece maps their spread across G20 economies and examines what governments reveal, and conceal, when they justify reaching for them.
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