The end of free trade? What history has to say about Trump’s tariffs.

The end of free trade? What history has to say about Trump’s tariffs.

An era of free trade ends, as President Donald Trump slaps tariffs on imported goods. What does the varied history of trade policy suggest we should expect?

Rep. Andy Biggs: Free trade only works if everyone’s playing fairly

Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) says President Donald Trump is right when he says America has been disadvantaged under the old tariff system. “Everybody’s been a free rider on our significant economic growth,” he says.

Are free trade zones and alliances the answer to Trump's tariffs?

The idea that economic openness and trade could "foster peace and stability reigned supreme" for decades, said law and economics professor Armin Steinbach on The Conversation.But Russia's invasion of Ukraine "shattered this way of thinking". New free trade agreements are far less frequent, while "protectionist measures have proliferated".And this week Donald Trump announced the biggest break in US trade policy in more than a century. The preside…

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