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Trump’s Tariff Disaster

Trump’s Tariff Disaster

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Doug Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, on Trump’s trade war, the myth of protectionism, and what history teaches us about tariffs

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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum
examines how protectionism, once a fringe idea in U.S. politics,
became central to modern Republican trade policy. He traces how
President Donald Trump made tariffs a political weapon, and why
these policies continue to carry political appeal despite their
economic cost. Then David is joined by the historian and trade
expert Doug Irwin for a conversation about what tariffs actually
do. Irwin explains how protectionist policies have repeatedly
backfired in American history, why they persist, and how the U.S.
abandoned the bipartisan free-trade consensus that lasted for
nearly a century. The two discuss who really pays for tariffs, why
tariffs rarely achieve their stated goals, and what it would take
to rebuild political support for open markets. Get more from
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