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Garritt C. Van Dyk

Garritt C. Van Dyk

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Trump is reviving a tariff strategy from America’s ‘Gilded Age’. It didn’t end well last time

Trump is reviving a tariff strategy from America’s ‘Gilded Age’. It didn’t end well last time

Donald Trump praises the 19th-century “reciprocal” tariff policy of former president William McKinley. But that strategy damaged the US economy...

24.02.2025 8

The Conversation

Garritt C. Van Dyk

'America First' trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency - but history shows this is harder than it seems

'America First' trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency - but history shows this is harder than it seems
10.02.2025 10

Canberra Times

Garritt C. Van Dyk

‘America First’ trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency – but history shows this is harder than it seems

‘America First’ trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency – but history shows this is harder than it seems

Economic self-sufficiency can bring higher costs and higher inflation. Instead, countries need to be nimble, rather than isolated, to survive economic...

09.02.2025 7

The Conversation

Garritt C. Van Dyk