‘He was very opposed to tariffs’: Former Reagan adviser says Ontario anti-tariff ad was fair to former president

National Post: ‘As for Trump, I don’t think there is a one principle, one core belief, one basis around which trade policy is set, unlike Reagan. The way Trump sort of described the benefits of his tariffs, his America First tariffs, was by pointing to all three Rs. Trump likes the fact that they raise revenue. He likes the fact that they restrict imports to, in his view, reduce the deficit and help out domestic manufacturing. And he likes them as a tool of reciprocity, as a way of bludgeoning or getting other countries to give in to his will..