American Thinker
Peter Skurkiss
Mar. 12, 2018
When President Trump announced his tariffs on steel and aluminum last week, a cry of bloody murder went up. The globalists and free traders trotted out exaggeration after exaggeration as to their adverse effect on the U.S. economy. Many libertarians joined the choir for the sake of the purity of their ideology, too. Those of a more moderate temperament said these tariffs were a meaningless gesture that would do little to address China's predatory trade practices.
But there was one dog that didn't bark. It was the stock market. Take it for what you will, the Dow closed up 430 points on Friday, March 9.
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