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Eric Boehm

Trump Wants Lower Egg Prices. He's Also Putting Tariffs on Imported Eggs.

The Trump administration can't seem to decide whether it wants the price of eggs to fall or rise.

That might tell you something about the White House's confused, economically illiterate approach to trade policy more generally.

At a Cabinet meeting in late February, President Donald Trump demanded action to reduce egg prices. "We have to get the prices down," he said. "The prices of eggs and various other things."

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