Tom Hoffecker is a graduate student in the Master of Science in the Foreign Service program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, he worked in rural Yunnan for two years with Teach For China. Hoffecker is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs and the Deputy Editor of Young China Watchers.

Last Updated: July 20, 2017

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07.20.17

Should the U.S. Play Hardball with China on Trade?

Tom Hoffecker, Duncan Innes-Ker & more
Last week, United States President Donald Trump suggested that he is considering leveraging tariffs on Chinese steel imports. Trump’s aggressive posture has left diplomatic experts uneasy amid an already divided U.S. diplomatic house in Beijing, and...