In a major signal of de-escalation, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the steep 145% tariffs currently imposed on Chinese imports would soon be “substantially reduced.” The move is being seen as a significant pivot in the trajectory of the long-running U.S.-China trade war, raising

In the aftermath of the U.S.–China trade war, public discourse has focused on tariffs, deficits, and decoupling. But beneath the headlines lies a more revealing truth: the very companies that pushed American manufacturing offshore have profited enormously—untouched by tariffs, shielded from taxation, and unbothered by the inflation they helped trigger. This white paper