Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods mark the decisive rejection of an economic orthodoxy that dominated American policy making for nearly half a century.

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    6 months ago

    This article really ignores American trade policy hypocrisy.

    Reagan was quite happy to slap tarrifs on stuff when it suited him. He practically gift-wrapped one for Harley Davidson, for example.

    Reagan was an economic liberal when it suited his donors, and a protectionist when it suited his donors.

    Rejectijg Clinton or Bush, maybe, not Reagan. Not at all.