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President Donald Trump claimed vindication of his strategy to use tariffs to wring concessions from foreign governments as Canada and Mexico reached agreements to pause such duties for a month.

ā€œWell, how do you like them apples?ā€ Vice President JD Vance asked on Monday.

ā€œA tariff that makes no sense from one perspective might be entirely wise and effective from another,ā€ American Compassā€™s Oren Cass contended onĀ an X thread. ā€œMany otherwise serious economists have criticized Trumpā€™s China tariffs for failing to reshore manufacturing. But they were decoupling tariffs, and they achieved that.ā€

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