Donald Trump is as far as you can get from a free trader. He hates NAFTA—”the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere.” He has a pathological aversion to trade deficits, which he blames for destroying jobs and hobbling growth. During the campaign, he proclaimed, “It’s time to declare our economic independence once again.”
But as Steve Chapman observes, Trump’s ideal of “economic independence” is the exact opposite of what economists recommend.
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