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Simon Lester is a trade-policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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Hospitalman Jeremiah Lewis, from San Antonio, organizes medical supplies aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy off the coast of southern California March 24, 2020. Picture taken March 24, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialis

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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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U.S. President Donald Trump shows off the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) after signing it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

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U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he emerges from Air Force One after arriving to attend campaign events in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Hospitalman Jeremiah Lewis, from San Antonio, organizes medical supplies aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy off the coast of southern California March 24, 2020. Picture taken March 24, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialis

The Coronavirus Crisis Is the Right Time For Free Trade

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

What Would President Joe Biden's Trade Policy Look Like?

Trump's 'Big' China Trade Deal Has Some Really Big Problems

U.S. President Donald Trump shows off the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) after signing it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

After Brexit? Here's What Trump's Next Deal Should Look Like

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Why China Might Buy More American Beef Now That There's a Trade Deal

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he emerges from Air Force One after arriving to attend campaign events in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Trump Wins? NAFTA Is About to Get Replaced

A U.S. flag is pictured on a truck loaded with merchandise at the freight shipping company Sotelo, which transports goods between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Trump's New Trade Deal: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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