Why populists of the left and right are soulmates on trade

What do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common? Oh, you know ...

Men of steel.
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President Trump seems set on launching a trade war with, well, pretty much everybody. And that may include a good chunk of his own political party.

Indeed, the usually docile congressional Republicans are coming out in force against Trump's protectionist spasm, upgrading their response from the usual "deeply concerned" to "extremely worried." For those keeping score at home, that's basically DEFCON 1 (you know, the bad one) for these folks.

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James Pethokoukis

James Pethokoukis is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he runs the AEIdeas blog. He has also written for The New York Times, National Review, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and other places.