Peterson Institute for International Economics Issues Commentary: America's Been Arguing Over Trade for More Than 250 Years
July 02, 2026
July 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on July 1, 2026, by senior research staffer Douglas A. Irwin:
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America's been arguing over trade for more than 250 years
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of declaring its independence from Britain, Americans continue a tradition begun even longer ago: debating trade and tariffs. In recent years, disagreements over the US role in . . .
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America's been arguing over trade for more than 250 years
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of declaring its independence from Britain, Americans continue a tradition begun even longer ago: debating trade and tariffs. In recent years, disagreements over the US role in . . .