# Professor Lawrence White shares his views on Donald Trump's trade policy ideas

1 Faculty News November 10, 2016 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-trade-policy-ideas-could-trigger-recession-stagflation-economists-say-n682221) -- "'Mr. Trump claims he's going to bring jobs back to America. That would seem to favor companies like steel companies, coal, maybe there are a few sectors where companies might benefit from the restraints on trade. But as a general matter, big companies are unlikely to be benefiting from the Trump agenda,' [White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) said, because of their international exposure and global supply chains. 'To go back to the 1950s would be a wrenching experience.'"

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