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I might add that there's a special responsibility on relatively large closed economies like the EU to stand up to Trump, since the aggregate costs of his protection and their retaliation will be relatively small for them. If they don't defend the system by punishing flagrant rule-breaking who will?

Oh yes, there is a trade economist on the Council of Economic Advisors. Kim Ruhl from Wisconsin. I would be interested to know what he has to say about the Liberation Day tariffs and his advisory role.

So, who are the actual economists participating in this regime?

Is it time for some professional accountability? Because this is appalling nonsense and if you don’t support it, you should say so.