What Trump doesn't understand about trade is that there are so many participants and he hasn't the time to study the small special exceptions

 

How Trump Let $1 Trillion Worth of Imports Escape His Tariff Hammer

Exclusions reflect conflicting goals: to rip up the rules of global trade while cushioning US consumers. But the process isn’t transparent with winners and losers

By Shawn Donnan, Ann Choi, Andre Tartar, and Ted Mann