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> I hope that the association makes protectionism politically taboo for decades to come.

I thought it already was, before Trump. I still can't believe they ended de minimus and tariffed everything.





> I thought it already was, before Trump.

Not in the US, at least. Every administration since at least Bush jr slapped tariffs on a few things here and there, and mostly kept the previous admin's ad hoc tariffs in place.

In more practical places, like Singapore where I live, you'd be right: tariffs are by and large unthinkable.




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