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China really is the biggest trade cheat. The data shows it

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has developed a forensic approach to counting industrial subsidies in all their forms. The Chinese results are illuminating.

Brendan PearsonFormer OECD Ambassador
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As it prepares to slap tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports on March 12, it is clear the Trump administration sees the global trading system in monochrome.

All nations cheat. Hit them all with the same stick, seems to be the approach.

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Brendan Pearson is a former CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia, political adviser, journalist and diplomat, most recently as Australia’s ambassador to the OECD.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/trump-should-use-smart-tariffs-to-target-china-s-steel-cheating-20250310-p5liaa