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Peterson Institute for International Economics Issues Commentary: Lost in Tabulation - Diverging U.S.-China Trade Data Point to Tariff Evasion
October 04, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary by senior research staffer Gregory Auclair:

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Lost in tabulation: Diverging US-China trade data point to tariff evasion

October 2, 2026

The United States and China share one of the world's largest and most closely monitored bilateral trading relationships. Yet the official statistics used to assess that relationship are sending shar . . .

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