Once Upon A Time In A Trade War

Once upon a time in a trade war.

Once upon a time, in a kingdom called Global Trade…

Sixty kingdoms awoke to find a scroll nailed to their gates.

“New tariffs. Effective immediately.”

Merchants gasped. Kings protested. Economists reached for their calculators.

“If you want to sell your treasures in my kingdom,” he declared, “you’ll pay the toll.”

He paused.

The crowd leaned closer.

“…I mean, tariff.”

And so with a stroke of a pen, the great marketplace of Global Trade entered a New Golden Age.

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