Breadcrumb Home UI global trade expert says trade war would be bad for Iowa economy Thursday, March 8, 2018 http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/how-a-trade-war-could-hit-iowa-… Dimy Doresca, director of the UI Institute for International Business, says that a trade war sparked by proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum would not be good for Iowa's economy or its workers.