Transatlantic Trade Monitor: Facts You Need Now | The Direct Investment Imperative: Learning from History’s Trade Conflicts | European American Chamber of Commerce New York [EACCNY] | Your Partner for Transatlantic Business Resources The Direct Investment

Transatlantic Trade Monitor: Facts You Need Now | The Direct Investment Imperative: Learning from History’s Trade Conflicts | European American Chamber of Commerce New York [EACCNY] | Your Partner for Transatlantic Business Resources The Direct Investment

By Marc Chandler, Chief Market Strategist, Bannockburn Capital Markets If trade imbalances truly drive protectionist backlash, as many claim, we should have witnessed comparable anti-trade sentiment during the 1980s when America’s deficit with Japan reached historic proportions. Yet history reveals a critical distinction: Japan was offered—and wisely seized—an economic escape valve that today’s geopolitical climate threatens to deny China. This …