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Trump’s Tariffs Are Affecting More Than Anyone Imagined, Including the Trump Team

Trump’s China tariffs punished Beijing, aided Mexican development, and possibly reduced illegal border crossings without cost to U.S. consumers.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Affecting More Than Anyone Imagined, Including the Trump Team
Donald Trump, who was then-U.S. president, signs trade sanctions against China in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Who would have thought the China–U.S. trade war would have produced many different results?

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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