
It’s now clear that President Trump will hold off for a time on his campaign promises to impose stiff, strictly trade-related tariffs of varying levels on all of America’s economic competitors, though import duties relating to border security or other non-economic issues were announced Saturday for implementation Tuesday. But if Mr. Trump is hesitating on the economic side because some of his advisors disagree on how completely to fulfill these pledges, and how quickly, he should side with the trade hawks—and his own long-time instincts. Because going big on such...