Professor Aaron Friedberg discusses Trump's proposed tariffs in an Op-Ed for American Enterprise Institute.

"Trump sees tariffs as a sort of Swiss Army knife: an all-purpose tool capable of fixing any problem. But large, across-the-board duties of the sort that he is proposing will not achieve the beneficial effects that he has ascribed to them. In a more targeted, tailored form, however, import taxes can play an essential role in helping to defend U.S. interests and push back against Chinese mercantilism."

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