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Peter Navarro: “Tariffs are the most common sense route to balancing our trade deficit and thereby stimulating economic growth, and…”

On the recordApril 5, 2024
Tariffs are the most common sense route to balancing our trade deficit and thereby stimulating economic growth, and strengthening the U.S. dollar.
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Peter Navarro

Editor's note · Context

Navarro defends tariffs as a means to improve the U.S. economy.

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