New perspectives on how history is made
It is high time that leaders in Washington acknowledge the risks associated with the president’s trade wars and demand a more effective policy course.
Usually it takes four or five years for the effects of flawed policy-making to become broadly evident.
Here’s why that should concern Americans in the wake of the negotiations over the US, Mexico, Canada Trade Agreement.
We didn't need a trade war with Japan in the 1980s. We don't need one with China today.
Historians, pro and con, debate the merits of Trump's protectionist agenda at a congressional briefing sponsored by the National History Center.
The answer is yes.
The problem with Trump's comments to Trudeau is that British troops burned down the White House during the War of 1812, not Canada.
Still on Chinese people's minds is the period when China was forced to open up to trading with Western countries.
When World War II ended, no industry was stronger or more important than American steel. Then came modernization.
Here’s what he left out.
The alarmists are getting a bit ahead of the story. Periods of deglobalization tend to be slow processes, not sudden events.
The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.
Three past conflicts tell a very different story.
Remember what happened after Smoot-Hawley?
Walling off neighbors has horrible consequences.
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