Why Trump's tariffs won't last
Two administrations tried super-high tariffs; they both got swept away
When the U.S. imposed the highest tariffs in its history nearly 200 years ago, the effects were dramatic.
The “Tariff of Abominations,” passed by Congress and signed by President John Quincy Adams in 1828, contributed to the election of Andrew Jackson that year. It set off a constitutional crisis in the earl…
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