Following the tariff ruling, some people (including me) are wondering what happens to the trade deals extorted from our trading partners under duress. I know the president has more tariff ammunition in his pocket, and he will use it in short order. I don't know what the final result will be for these trade deals.

What about the $18 trillion in investment pledges that the tariffs were used to extract from foreign governments and companies? If the gun is taken away, do the promises made at gunpoint disappear with it?

Well, the thing is, most of those promises were never really what

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