American business and trade: Want to destroy American business? Protect it, writes Carl Benedikt Frey

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American business and trade: Want to destroy American business? Protect it, writes Carl Benedikt Frey

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Want to destroy American business? Protect it, writes Carl Benedikt Frey
The lessons of the past are clear, argues the economic historian: in the long run, tariffs choke growth
DONALD TRUMP insists that tariffs will bring back jobs and revitalise American industry, and that short-term…

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