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Krugman’s Taking Your Questions on Trade Krugman’s Taking Your Questions on Trade
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OK, Trump has gone ahead with steel and aluminum tariffs, with an exemption for Canada and Mexico if they renegotiate NAFTA (which seems to make nonsense of the supposed national security rationale, but whatever). This is potentially a very big deal; we could be looking at the unwinding of the whole global trade system built, largely under U.S. leadership, over the past 80 years.OK, Trump has gone ahead with steel and aluminum tariffs, with an exemption for Canada and Mexico if they renegotiate NAFTA (which seems to make nonsense of the supposed national security rationale, but whatever). This is potentially a very big deal; we could be looking at the unwinding of the whole global trade system built, largely under U.S. leadership, over the past 80 years.
And as it happens, this topic is right up my alley. So I’m going to be taking reader questions. You can leave questions in the comment section of this post or at NYT Opinion’s Facebook page. I’ll respond to selected questions early next week.And as it happens, this topic is right up my alley. So I’m going to be taking reader questions. You can leave questions in the comment section of this post or at NYT Opinion’s Facebook page. I’ll respond to selected questions early next week.
Update: Here are my answers to some of your questions.