https://www.huffmanwrites.org/tags/trade/Recent content in Trade on Huffman WritesHugoen-usWed, 09 Sep 2026 09:07:00 -0500https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/the-dumbest-trade-war-in-history/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:07:00 -0500https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/the-dumbest-trade-war-in-history/The United States is waging a trade war against its second-largest trading partner, its largest energy supplier, and its closest ally, over a border that produces 0.2 percent of the fentanyl and a deficit that disappears when you exclude oil. The costs are real, the pretexts are false, and the only question left is what we are trying to break.