There's another motivation behind Trump's tariffs that no-one's walking about - Anne-Marie Trevelyan

There's another motivation behind Trump's tariffs that no-one's walking about - Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The Trump administration’s new tariffs, introduced with the “Liberation Day” fervour of a populist rallying cry, will no doubt prove to be a defining feature of his economic policy. Much like mercantilist policies of old, these tariffs are aimed at shielding domestic industries from the onslaught of foreign imports which have allowed the degradation of the US manufacturing base.After a century of tariff reductions globally the whole world had se…

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