If you forgot what the trade landscape looked like — and how Trump’s policies impacted Wisconsin — here’s a picture of Wisconsin real exports during and after (was thinking about this, prepping for WisconsinEye show tomorrow, where Mike Knetter will be talking).
Figure 1: Wisconsin real goods exports in millions of 2000$ (blue). Nominal series seasonally adjusted by author using X-13 in logs, deflated using US commodity exports deflator for US. Red dashed line at announcement of Section 232 and Section 301 measures. Source: Census, BLS, and author’s calculations.
