Trump’s high-stakes manufacturing bet


An ironworker practising welding at a training centre in Columbus, Ohio. - Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times

US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies mark more than a skirmish in the global trade war – they signal a bold, controversial push to reshape America’s economic foundations.

If kept in place, the import taxes will ignite what some see as a project of defiant nostalgia: an ambitious attempt to restore the United States as a dominant manufacturing force.

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