Good morning.聽You may (or may not) find yourself thinking about Adam Smith, Friedrich List, or Smoot-Hawley these days. Big news 鈥 like globe-rocking, market-shaking tariffs by the world鈥檚 largest economy 鈥 tends to send people looking for historical precedents. Today, Erika Page explains how the world has looked at trade over time.
You can read more about weekend developments, including聽Israeli action in southern Gaza聽as U.S. and Israeli leaders prepare to meet today,聽at聽CSMonitor.com. First, let鈥檚 get you caught up.聽