Exports in disguise?: Trade rerouting during the US-China trade war

This paper introduces a new measure of tariff evasion through rerouting and applies it to the 2018 U.S.–China trade war, focusing on Vietnam as a transit country. Countries worldwide are increasingly turning to protectionist trade policies, including origin-specific tariffs. Perhaps the preeminent example of this trend is the 2018 US–China trade war, which consisted of multiple waves of US tariffs […]