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Trade Data Hasn't Caught Up With Trump Policy Changes, Says Peter Harrell
Monday, August 17, 2026
Peter Harrell, a former White House senior director for international economics in the Biden administration and visiting scholar at Georgetown, said recent US trade and investment policy changes have not yet been reflected in available data. Harrell stated that trade data has not caught up with the policy shifts, making it unclear what the full impact will be. Bloomberg reported his comments.
