May 03, 2025
Friendshore First, Trade War Second
Edward Fishman is the author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. Fishman is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and has served in the Pentagon and State Department. Mary Long caught up with Fishman to discuss how the US dollar became the most powerful currency in the war, playing defense in a trade war, and the economic effects from an embargo on Chinese goods.
Listen to the full interview on Motley Fool Money.
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