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President Trump loves tariffs. But how do his proposed tariffs stack up against history? And what would they actually accomplish? I asked Dartmouth economist Douglas Irwin to explain:

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Eric Hoffler1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin Netanyahu has refused to advance to Phase 2 of the ceasefire as previously agreed, stopped all food and humanitarian aid, resumed his forced starvation of 2 million Palestinians and now cut off electricity to Gaza's largest desalination plant. Why did @CNN stop telling the news?

Giedrius Trump1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin Difficult problems, require radical solutions!

The Modern Heretic1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin

Olaf1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin Why are you SILENT on the killings in Syria???? Why???

journalismisdead1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin The last several years u have lied about everything Remember when u told us the Biden videos were fakes when meeting with world leaders and he wandered off ??? I do U have no credibility

Mark Anderson1 year ago

@D_A_Irwin If tariffs are so horrible, then why do the Europeans, Canadians, Chinese, Indians, Brazilians and the rest of the world use them so extensively to their advantage?

Nuclear Taiwan (Office of multi-party China state)1 year ago

European and Canadian protectionism has been Rampant for decades

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