While the US has been focused on tariffs, the real issue is the change in world trade between the US and China. Raising trade barriers will not solve this problem. A strong dollar with a decline in manufacturing with China being a strong export producer has changed how the world trades. Mexico and Canada make up about 40% of all our imports and exports, so this is one area that we must get right.
Trade is an important reflection of US power and hegemony, so a policy of trade isolation will diminish the power of the US around the world.
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