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Tough Tariff Talk at the 2018 G7 Summit

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Cato Institute, June 14, 2018

The G7 summit, which groups Canada, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Japan and Germany, was held Canada this past week. As expected, much of the talk was on the Trump administration’s subverting the rules of international trade with a wrecking ball of tariff indiscretions. As has been the case every day for the past 16+ months, the U.S. and global economies remain exposed to the whims of an unorthodox president who precariously steers policy from one extreme to the other, keeping us in a perpetual state of uncertainty. President Trump’s ideas on trade often seem paradoxical, and at the G-7 summit, he floated both abolition of all tariffs worldwide and banning trade with certain countries entirely over the course of just 24 hours. Unfortunately, rather than seeing free trade as a means of promoting mutually beneficial exchange between buyers and sellers, President Trump thinks of trade as a zero-sum game that sees nations “winning” if they export more than they import. "President Trump’s Confused Approach to Trade Is One Giant Contradiction," by Ryan Bourne "Will America’s Allies Turn on Trump at the G-7 Summit?" by Doug Bandow “Republicans, Don’t Let Trump Bully You on Tariffs,” by Daniel J. Ikenson “The U.S. Starts a Trade War — With Its Allies,” by Inu Manak “Steel Yourself as Trump Cuts Off Trade to Spite His Face,” by Daniel J. Ikenson “Trump Trade Tariffs Are a Wanton Act of Economic Self-Destruction,” by Colin Grabow "Trump’s Tariff Talk A Key Topic at G7 Summit," from the Cato Institute Tumblr PODCAST: Trump’s Bad Trade Economics The Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies is focused on issues and policies that expand the freedom of Americans to participate in global market. Follow the Center on Facebook and Twitter for the latest Cato research and commentary on trade policy...