The Fashion Fight That Exposes The Flaw In Trump’s Tariff Logic

Tariffs might be Donald Trump’s favorite political tool — one that he envisions as a catch-all solution to U.S. problems. Recently, Trump bragged about how his threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico if they won’t curb immigration prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scurry to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club to meet with the President-elect. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump’s fondness for tariffs is connected to a skewed sense of American history.

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  • The Fashion Fight That Exposes the Flaw in Trump’s Tariff Logic
    Yet, Trump’s boasts reveal a shallow understanding of the political fight over the McKinley tariffs. Instead of motivating an era of protectionist patriotism, the tariff wars of the 1890s pitted the ...
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