Trump Tries to Rewrite the History of Trade

AP and Jabin Botsford/The Washington PostRichard Nixon and Donald Trump The Washington Post [posttime] JST, [postdate] President Donald Trump’s first effort to replace the tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court is based on a misreading of a 1974 law that allows for temporary trade restrictions due to “large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits.” That …