Stephen Mihm, Columnist

On Trade, Trump Takes Republicans Back to Their Roots

The party long pushed for tariffs to protect American workers and industries.

July 14, 2016 at 7:51 PM UTC

Stephen Mihm, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, is coauthor of “Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance.”

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The likely nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate will be another milestone for a candidate who built his campaign by defying party orthodoxy.

Among the most surprised by this turn of events is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, long considered an auxiliary organ of the Republican Party. The business group has sternly rebuked Trump for his fevered denunciations of free trade, one of the party's articles of faith. Other party elders have joined the chorus.