President Donald Trump has publicly declared trade wars "easy to win" and rebutted criticisms of his tariffs by declaring everything is "going to work out." But a preponderance of evidence shows tariffs are bad economic policy for a number of reasons — not the least of which is the cronyism they've generated.The administration's 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent tariff on aluminum from Canada, Mexico and the European Union were immediately met with retaliatory [...]
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