Apple and 7-Eleven show why Trump’s threat to sever China trade over Korea rings hollow

September 6, 2017

By Greg Wright, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced. President Donald Trump tweeted on September 3 that the U.S. “is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea” after it performed a nuclear test. Though North Korea currently trades with nearly 100 countries, this threat…