Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The article critiques former President Donald Trump's trade policies, specifically arguing that his tariffs on Canada have harmed the U.S. dairy industry rather than helping it. It features a case study of a Vermont cheese producer whose export business suffered due to retaliatory trade measures.
Why it matters
It illustrates the unintended economic consequences of protectionist trade policies on specific domestic industries.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
Catherine Rampell October 2 ∙ Paid Upgrade to listen 13 minutes 651 123 57 (Photo illustration by Bill Kuchman/ The Bulwark | Photos: Shutterstock, Getty) IN HIS OTHERWISE INEXPLICABLE trade war with Canada, U.S. dairy was supposed to be the one industry President Donald Trump was actually helping.
He frequently namechecks the sector in his social media posts and interviews about Canada, citing it as evidence that our polite northern neighbors are really a bunch of dirty cheats. Sometimes, Trump complains that Canadian dairy tariffs on the United States are 250 percent ; sometimes, according to Trump, they’re 400 percent .
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