More than 1,000 economists warn Trump his trade views echo 1930s errors
by Dominic Rushe in New York from on (#3PAAT)
President's 'economic protectionism' harkens back to errors that fueled Great Depression, say experts including 14 Nobel winners
Over a thousand economists have written to Donald Trump warning his "economic protectionism" and tough rhetoric on trade threatens to repeat the mistakes the US made in the 1930s, mistakes that plunged the world into the Great Depression.
The 1,140 economists, including 14 Nobel prize winners, sent the letter on Thursday amid an escalating row over trade between the US and the European Union. Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports but has granted temporary reprieves to the EU, Australia and other countries.
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