Donald Trump's Trade Policy Analysis

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Although the main goal of President Donald Trump’s trade policy is to “expand trade in a way that is freer and fairer for all Americans”, I question whether Trump genuinely wants to enrich the lives of all Americans through more transparent trade or whether he wants to provide more opportunities for the wealthiest of Americans to thrive economically, leaving lower-income Americans in the dust (1). The Trump administration seeks to work with Congress “to lower taxes… to stimulate U.S. economic growth” (6). However, the tax cuts the Trump administration hopes to implement benefit massive corporations and the wealthiest of Americans, as opposed to lower-income Americans earning the minimum wage.
The Trump administration also claims that they “will

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