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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Biden is turning away from free trade – and that’s a great thing

US President Biden, an older white man with thick white hair, steps out of a limousine wearing a white shirt, navy suit, and red-and-blue-striped tie, holding a sheaf of papers in both hands.
‘Clinton and Obama thought globalization inevitable and bought into the textbook view that trade benefits all parties.’ Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

President Joe Biden is making a break with decades of free-trade deals and embarking on an industrial policy designed to revive American manufacturing.

This has caused consternation among free-traders, including some of my former colleagues from the Clinton and Obama administrations.

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