its funny how american economic history follows this trend early to mid america was heavily protectonist due to the threat of the british empire america embraces free trade once they dominate globaly america returns to protectionism due to the threat of china. (like if you read about early to mid american protectonism, you will quickly notice some deja vu. for everything the early to mid protectionists described about britain so to justify protectionism is nearly the same way modern protectionists describe china lmao)
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