Trade policy is never a straight line with the Trump Administration, and Friday’s agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada to lift steel and aluminum tariffs is a good example of two steps forward and one step back. The good news is that the countries agreed to lift the tit-for-tat tariffs that the U.S. imposed last year on the dubious grounds that steel and aluminum from our close northern ally is a threat to national security. Canada and Mexico in turn will lift their retaliatory tariffs that have been hurting the U.S....

Source: Wall Street Journal May 17, 2019 23:03 UTC