FFF Daily - April 10, 2025

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

Good Lord! What a lot of trouble to prove in political economy that two and two make four; and if you succeed in doing so, people cry, "It is so clear that it is boring." Then they vote as if you had never proved anything at all.

– Frederic Bastiat, "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen" [1850]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

April 10, 2025
Great News on Free Trade!
Immediately after launching his trade war, President Trump surrendered to the “enemy.” Well, okay, it wasn’t a complete surrender. Let’s call it a partial surrender in the form of a unilateral 90-day cease fire. That’s good news, of course, to everyone in the world, including Americans. Well, except for the Chinese people, against whom Trump has decided to continue waging his trade war ...

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FREE TRADE

Libertarian Angle: Trump's Tariff Turmoil
by Jacob G. Hornberger and
Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation

Trump Blinks on Tariffs, Again, for Now
Editorial
Wall Street Journal

MLK’s Wise Words on Trade
by Danny Heitman
Wall Street Journal

Trump Caved on Tariffs. It Took a Scary Bond Market Freakout.
by Heather Long
Washington Post

Trump’s New Protectionist Age
Editorial
Wall Street Journal

FREE TRADE

Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect
by Annie Linskey, et al
Wall Street Journal

How Tariff Damage Spreads, Auto Edition
Editorial
Wall Street Journal

Trade Is a Two-Way Street
by Samuel Gregg
Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Trade Math Ignores a Major Export: American Services
by Konrad Putzier and Alana Pipe
Wall Street Journal

Markets to GOP: We Won’t Save You from Trump’s Folly
by Jonah Goldberg
Los Angeles Times

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