Donal O’Donovan: Why smugglers and pirates will be the biggest winners as we enter a new age of tariffs and trade wars

Will there be winners from the global reconstruction of tariff wars? Absolutely. Smugglers always win tariff wars. Putting dramatically inflated price differences on goods depending which side of a border they are on is a massive inducement for criminals to step in, and the consequences go way beyond making a quick buck.

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