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Trade War

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• Originally published 06/11/2018

  Snopes: Did Ronald Reagan Warn Against “demagogues" Willing to Declare a Trade War Against America’s Friends?

  The answer is yes.

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• Originally published 06/07/2018

  Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs

  The problem with Trump's comments to Trudeau is that British troops burned down the White House during the War of 1812, not Canada.

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• Originally published 05/15/2018

  Why history drives China's tough stance on global trade

  Still on Chinese people's minds is the period when China was forced to open up to trading with Western countries.

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• Originally published 03/12/2018

  President Trump Offered a History Lesson on Tariffs

  Here’s what he left out.

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• Originally published 03/09/2018

  What broke American steel

  When World War II ended, no industry was stronger or more important than American steel. Then came modernization.

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• Originally published 03/08/2018

  Is Trump About to Start a Trade War?

  Ruchir Sharma

  The alarmists are getting a bit ahead of the story. Periods of deglobalization tend to be slow processes, not sudden events.

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• Originally published 03/06/2018

  James Madison Would Like a Few Words on Trade Wars

  Noah Feldman

  The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.

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• Originally published 03/05/2018

  ‘Trade wars are good’?

  Marc-William Palen

  Three past conflicts tell a very different story.

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• Originally published 03/02/2018

  The last American "trade war" didn't work out so great

  Remember what happened after Smoot-Hawley?

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• Originally published 11/30/2016

  Do We Really Have to Learn All Over Again What the Enlightenment Taught Us About the Downsides of Trade Wars?

  Andrew J. Hamilton

  Walling off neighbors has horrible consequences.