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So, You Think Tariffs Will Fix the Trade Deficit? Let’s Talk About That.

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We hear it all the time, especially lately: slap tariffs on imports, and poof, the trade deficit shrinks, and maybe manufacturing jobs come flooding back. It’s an intuitive idea. Make foreign stuff more expensive, people buy less of it, imports go down, deficit fixed. Right?

The Trade Deficit: Why Politicians Obsess Over It (And Maybe You Shouldn’t)

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You can’t follow news these days without hearing about the trade deficit. It’s become a major talking point, especially when tariffs and trade wars are in the air. Just recently, in early April 2025, President Trump declared a national emergency citing foreign trade practices and imposed “reciprocal tariffs,” explicitly stating the goal was to “reduce the trade deficit” and ensure “fair trade.

Digital Trade: The New Rules of the Game

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If you’ve been following the wonky world of international trade, you might have seen the World Trade Organization (WTO) dropped a new report in 2023 titled “Digital Trade for Development”. Sounds a bit dry, maybe, but this report, a joint effort with the IMF, OECD, and UNCTAD, is a big deal. It signals something fundamental shifting in the global economy, something that’s going to mess with our old ideas about how countries trade with each other.

Blog Post number 1

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This is a sample blog post. Lorem ipsum I can’t remember the rest of lorem ipsum and don’t have an internet connection right now. Testing testing testing this blog post. Blog posts are cool.

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Paper Title Number 4

Published in GitHub Journal of Bugs, 2024

This paper is about fixing template issue #693.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
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Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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