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Donald Trump is planning more trade barriers if he becomes president – but they didn’t work last time

Written by Mark Johnson, Professor of Operations Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Trump campaigning in Pennsylvania in October 2024.Connor Brady Photography/Shutterstock

Donald Trump loves tariffs. Making things more expensive if they come from foreign countries is at the heart of his bid for a second term in the White House.

“Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” he said in September 2024 at a town hall...

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