Mary Lovely was interviewed for the Business Insider article "'You can't tariff your way out out of a trade deficit': Here's why China's exports to the US have held up in the face of Trump's trade war." According to Lovely, the decline in imports subject to tariffs could also be due to a slowdown in frontloading, or companies rushing orders to avoid duties. There had been an added level of uncertainty when the first round of tariffs was levied because Americans weren't sure if Trump would follow through, she says. 12/13/18