The president of the United States argues that the government should impose a tariff on axles because they are a necessary input into the production of various weapons. Free trade, she contends, would make the United States overly dependent on foreign countries for the supply of axles and thus, in case of war, unable to make enough weapons to defend itself. Discuss?

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