Trump’s protectionism is a threat to globalisation and democracy – and it’s no accident

By Juan Carlos Palacios Cívico, Profesor Agregado en el área de Política Económica y Desarrollo, Universitat de Barcelona

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody wins”, it is now logical to think that, under protectionism, everyone will lose. It would also mean the end of globalisation, which would come at a great economic cost for the US.

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