The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP
The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP
Walter E. Block
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The View by Walter E. Block

How Biden can erase Trump’s legacy: tear down the trade barriers with China

  • If the new US president wants to get one over on his predecessor, he can do so by reversing his policy on tariffs
  • One of Trump’s guiding principles was his rejection of globalisation, and there is nothing more global than free trade

Walter E. Block
Walter E. Block

Updated: 11:25am, 18 Feb, 2021

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The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP
The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California, on March 4, 2019. Photo: AFP
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Walter E. Block

Walter E. Block

Walter E. Block, Ph.D, is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans