Foreign policy experts are betting on a fantasy, one mostly confined to the Acela Express. More important, the current debate does nothing to forge a future foreign policy that improves on what preceded Mr. Trump’s election. They condemn Mr. Trump’s tariffs as an unthinkable breach even though the United States has employed protectionist measures throughout history. As distributional conflicts surge in domestic politics, they are surging in foreign policy, too — and those who ignore them lose out to those who inflate them. Citizens seeking a better foreign policy ought to be engaged, not ignored.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2018 16:33 UTC