Forward to the 1980s: US strategic trade in the world order

This paper argues that the Trump administration adopted a politicized form of strategic trade policy in its approach to international trade. strategy combined deregulation, free trade, subsidies, export promotion, and various forms protectionism. These instruments were ideologically incoherent, but designed them so domestic firms could compete against foreign ones US dominate world order. policies came from debates 1980s when Reagan created stem manufacturing decline as European Asian economies grew. When we see confrontational moment for USA world, can better understand origins practice administration's vision on 2010s.