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What history tells us about trade
Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation
Good morning. You may (or may not) find yourself thinking about Adam Smith, Friedrich List, or Smoot-Hawley these days. Big news – like globe-rocking, market-shaking tariffs by the world’s largest economy – tends to send people looking for historical precedents. Today, Erika Page explains how the world has looked at trade over time.
You can read more about weekend developments, including Israeli action in southern Gaza as U.S. and Israeli leaders prepare to meet today, at CSMonitor.com. First, let’s get you caught up.
