Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at SOAS University of London and is the author of more than a dozen books on global development and industrial policy.

04.24.2025

Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang: There Should Be No Return to Free Trade

Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the global trade regime are chaotic and uncoordinated. As economist Ha-Joon Chang tells Jacobin, Trump has failed to see that the cause of the US’s relative decline is its own domestic capitalist class.