Trashing Trump’s tariffs is now front and centre in Harris’s campaign

In an era of growing protectionism, when tariffs are increasingly viewed as good, and foreign imports as bad, an unusual development is unfolding: One U.S. presidential candidate is vigorously bashing new trade barriers proposed by the other. Kamala Harris’s campaign speeches and written materials are laden with warnings about the damaging effects of Donald Trump’s anti-trade platform; specifically, his call for a 10 per cent levy on all global imports, which has foreign governments, including Canada’s, a little nervous. “He intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax,” Harris said during her prime-time speech at the Democratic…