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Dr James Scott

Reader in International Politics in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London.

UK.

Dr James Scott

Trump thinks tariffs can bring back the glory days of US manufacturing. Here’s why he’s wrong

Trump's Tariffs

Trump thinks tariffs can bring back the glory days of US manufacturing. Here’s why he’s wrong

— Trump’s tariffs revive a nostalgic fixation on manufacturing, but they ignore automation, service-sector precarity and global economic shifts. Economists warn: protectionism won’t bring back America’s industrial golden age.

By Dr James Scott

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