For Mr Trump the measures represent an attempt to bring a long era of increasingly free global trade to a definitive end.

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Mr Trump’s obsession with tariffs has long been known, but he offered a kaleidoscope of ever-changing rationales for them.

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At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. However, the production of better quality ...

Jenna Deep is an undergraduate at Dickinson College, double majoring in archaeology and history. Her historical interests ...