U.S. trade deals take 18 months on average, from t-shirts to pharmaceuticals.

“It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal, see chart below. Why does it take so long? Because trade negotiations involve going through what is imported into each country line by line and then negotiating the tariff for each product category… pic.twitter.com/1gh8mMveM4 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April …

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