By Katie Hettinga
Trump’s talk on trade policy in his Tuesday State of the Union address was unexpectedly subdued. His shift in messaging, from lauding tariffs as his “favorite word” to dedicating only three paragraphs in his record-breaking-in-length address to trade, may be connected to disappointing trade policy outcomes, of which the Supreme Court ruling against his ability to use emergency powers to impose tariffs was just the latest.
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Originally published in The Economic Populist — a project of the American Economic Liberties Project.