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Economist: US Trade Reform Needs to Be 'More Systemic'

(Newsmax TV's "Newsmax Now")

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:19 PM EST

"America First" tariffs on solar panels is a "first shot across the bow to China" — but the United States needs "something systemic" to deal with its trade deficit, economist Peter Morici told Newsmax TV.

Chipping off "industry after industry is rather like a farmer chasing a mice infestation with a hammer," Morici told Wednesday's "Newsmax Now."

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Tariffs are just a start for President Donald Trump in waging a trade war with China; there needs to be something "more system" put in place to balance the trade deficit, economist Peter Morici told Newsmax TV's "Newsmax Now" on Wednesday.
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