Is the Trade War in the Room With Us?: Opinion Wrap

Oct. 23, 2025, 9:26 PM UTC

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Trade War? What Trade War?

Way back at the beginning of April, even before President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day, some people were already tired of the whole trade war thing. They sent emails with subject lines like, “If I have to read the word ‘tariff’ one more time...” and warned of impending economic doom. “At the rate things are going,” ...

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