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How American populism is reshaping economic policy

What’s fueling the fire? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

05/10/2018

PBS News Hour

How American populism is reshaping economic policy

Clip: 5/10/2018 | 7m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

What’s fueling the fire? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

If President Trump has had one consistent message since the beginning of his campaign, it's that America is getting a raw deal in the global economy. Policy changes like import tariffs and reworking NAFTA, and the people who support them, are all part of a rising wave of populism. What’s fueling the fire? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

05/10/2018

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