In April, as President Donald Trump announced his so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs that would target imports of nearly all goods sourced from friend and foe alike, one of the biggest cheerleaders for trade protectionism took a victory lap.
Those new tariffs "confirm the end of the disastrous [World Trade Organization] era and lay the groundwork for a new set of arrangements in the international economy that prioritize the national interest and the flourishing of the nation's working families," wrote Oren Cass, the former Mitt Romney advisor who now runs American Compass.
