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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Steven Greenhouse

Trump is promising a US manufacturing renaissance. Many experts are dubious

multiple cargo shipping containers at a US port
‘A study by Federal Reserve economists found that the tariffs Trump imposed in his first term were actually associated with a reduction in factory jobs nationwide.’ Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration officials say. Outside the White House, many economists are skeptical.

Global trade experts point to many reasons they believe the president’s tariffs will fail to bring about a major resurgence of manufacturing, among them: Trump’s erratic, constantly changing policies, his unfocused, across-the-board tariffs, and his replacing Joe Biden’s carrot-and-stick approach to brandish sticks at the world.

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