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History Shows Tariffs are Anti-Prosperity

Something surprising and significant is happening among the Democratic Party’s rank-and-file progressives. After decades of drifting toward protectionism, President Donald Trump’s taste for tariffs is doing more than prompting mainstream Democrats (a group that tends to support free trade) to see the merits of low tariffs. Even many independent socialists — a group that has often been vocally skeptical of “free trade” policies — are similarly denouncing high tariffs.... Read Original Article

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