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The Hidden Gender Politics of Trump’s China Tariffs

Women’s clothing is displayed on mannequins at Hennes & Mauritz’s flagship store in New York.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue
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Much has been made of how businesses are suffering from U.S. tariffs on everything from Chinese steel wiring to plastic tubes. But companies can’t go to the polls in November 2020 and punch a ballot.