Reagan, Like Trump, Used Trade As Geopolitical Tool

While there are many reasons to be for or against the current administration’s tariffs, this impulse to invoke Reagan to criticize Trump can obscure significant overlap in each president’s strategic use of trade as a geopolitical tool. Revisiting the 1985 United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can illuminate these likenesses and convey several helpful lessons for policymakers today. Read Full Article »