Professor at Columbia University and Advisor to the World Economic Forum, Xavier Sala i Martín and Commercial War

The Spanish economist questions the response of Europe and China to Trump’s protectionism. “Everyone shoots themselves in the foot,” he says. The behavior of all those involved in the commercial war is irrational, according to the economist at Columbia University Xavier Sala i Martín, who is concerned about an escalation considering that protectionism has become a precursor to armed conflicts.