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Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods entering the US from Canada, Mexico and China.
The US president signed an executive order putting a 25% tariff – or tax on imports – on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico, to get both countries to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
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Oren Cass, the director of the conservative think tank American Compass, has argued tariffs can incentivise firms to keep more of their manufacturing operations in America, which he argues has national defence and supply chain security benefits.
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Recommended Reading
American Compass Releases Major New Collection on U.S. Trade Policy
“On Balance” charts a path from free trade orthodoxy to a results-oriented approach
Ideology Over Interest
How American trade policy was captured by free trade dogma
The Dollar Dilemma
Balanced trade is impossible without a fairly-valued dollar—and a better approach to international monetary policy
