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As if the current trade war with China and raising prices with the new NAFTA was not enough:

The likelihood that the administration would proceed with those tariffs [on autos and autoparts from Europe] appeared to increase with the revelation on Monday that the president planned to review a draft report of a Commerce Department investigation into whether imported cars and car parts pose a national security threat.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/business/europe-trade-usa.html

Just to think of it: Larry Kudlow, a third-rate TV talking head, is now a top economic advisor to the US President. Unbelievable.