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Today’s negative GDP print gets at one of the big reasons why Trump has long been against free trade: Imports count as a negative in GDP calculations. Trade deficits do too. Most economists believe free trade/a globalized economy are net benefits anyway. But the math is the math
Apr 30, 2025, 3:07 PM
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