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Trump's 'America first' trade policy ignores key lesson from Great Depression

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
imageTrump will soon learn the costs of going it alone on trade.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump declared his nearly two-week trip through Asia “tremendously successful,” but economic history should make us more skeptical.

During the trip, the president continued to promote his so-called “America first” trade policy....

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