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Since resuming office, President Trump has not for one minute parted from his promise to leverage tariffs to ignite a new Ƶgolden age.Ƶ At times, he seems to be working continually to stimulate major trading partners into arrangements that make America great again. However, anyone attempting to follow the bouncing tariff proposals may get dizzy. What is the president trying to do, and why does it seem so hard to make final decisions?

To whatever degree the tariffs are about controlling access to AmericaƵs economy and securing something in return, a fluid situation will result. TrumpƵs expensive bargaining chip may also require him to navigate a strange political alliance Ƶ one that frequently forms when the government puts its thumb on the scale of business matters.

Bruce Yandle is a distinguished adjunct fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and dean emeritus of Clemson University’s College of Business & Behavioral Science. He wrote this column for .

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