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Ana Swanson
@AnaSwanson
I write about trade and international economics for the New York Times, formerly WaPo. 'A special kind of nerd'
Washington, D.C.
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Mar 26, 2020
    An epidemiological model suggests that opening the country up at Easter, as President Trump wants to, rather than two weeks later would kill an additional 450,000 Americans nytimes.com/interactive/20… If you want to reopen the economy, you need widespread testing first
    Opinion | Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do. (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Nov 23, 2020
    Tony Blinken "will be the first secretary of state in modern times to be raising toddlers while serving in office"
    nytimes.com
    Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State (Published 2020)
    The president-elect is also expected to name Jake Sullivan, another close aide of his, as national security adviser, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 35-year Foreign Service veteran, as his ambassador...
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jun 4, 2018
    Farmers for Free Trade responds “We have a surplus in agriculture trade. So by the President’s own metric, U.S. agriculture trade has been winning. They only thing that could put that at risk are harmful tariffs that will tax the very exports our farmers depend on"
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    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonaldTrump
    Jun 4, 2018
    Farmers have not been doing well for 15 years. Mexico, Canada, China and others have treated them unfairly. By the time I finish trade talks, that will change. Big trade barriers against U.S. farmers, and other businesses, will finally be broken. Massive trade deficits no longer!
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Mar 13, 2020
    "China did not just stop selling masks — it also bought up much of the rest of the world’s supply. ... On Jan. 30, the last day for which data is available, China managed to import 20 million respirators and surgical masks in just 24 hours."
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    Keith Bradsher
    @KeithBradsher
    Mar 13, 2020
    China makes most of the world’s surgical masks and respirators and bought up much of the world’s inventory of medical masks. Now it dominates production as the rest of the world’s hospitals desperately need masks to cope with the #coronavirus. nytimes.com/2020/03/13/bus…
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Mar 1, 2019
    Huawei sent out a letter to US journalists inviting us to visit their campuses. The invitation was sent to my colleagues and I... via the Chinese embassy
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jun 24, 2018
    Dispatch from Wisconsin, where I ate all the cheese. Trump’s trade war shuts cheesemakers out of foreign markets via @nytimes
    Wheels of Merlot-soaked Parmesan age in a cheese cave at the Sartori Company in Wisconsin.
    Trump’s Trade War Could Shut Cheesemakers Out of Foreign Markets (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Apr 26, 2020
    “The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Foods warns in a full page ad in NYT today
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jun 3, 2019
    Scoop: The Trump administration considered imposing tariffs on imports from Australia last week, but decided against the move amid fierce opposition from military officials and the State Department nytimes.com/2019/06/02/bus… with ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ ⁦@jimtankersley⁩
    Shipping containers at the Port of Melbourne in Australia. Australia was the only country to be fully exempted from the start from steel and aluminum tariffs that President Trump imposed last year.
    Trump Administration Considered Tariffs on Australia (Published 2019)
    From nytimes.com
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Mar 12, 2020
    The White House clarifies the president's Europe travel ban "only applies to human beings, not goods and cargo. It tracks very similar to the proclamation issued for China. The people transporting goods will not be admitted into the country, but the goods will be."
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jun 18, 2020
    Bolton’s piece makes explicit something I often heard sources say while reporting on China trade talks: the president didn’t care about structural issues with the Chinese economy, he was focused on rewarding his political base with agricultural purchases
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    Peter Baker
    @peterbakernyt
    Jun 17, 2020
    Replying to @peterbakernyt
    Trump directly asked China’s Xi to buy agricultural products to help him win farm states in 2020, Bolton writes. Trump was “pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win. He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome.”
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Mar 12, 2020
    I can't believe I was at a US Chamber press conference just one week ago where the heads of major industry groups were criticizing companies for canceling conferences and urging people to book plane tickets now while it's cheap
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jul 14, 2017
    Not the Onion wapo.st/2vlQD1J
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Dec 22, 2017
    Trump promised to protect steel. Layoffs are coming instead.
    nytimes.com
    Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. (Published 2017)
    Steelworkers thought they would see a new dawn for their industry. But the president’s pledge to do something has actually done more harm than good.
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    Ana Swanson
    @AnaSwanson
    Jul 23, 2018
    Canada is requesting a NAFTA review (something the Trump administration doesn't like) of the Trump administration's solar tariffs (something else they won't like)