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US hegemony may be hard to maintain. It will be all but impossible if it retreats into an isolationist shell.
Protectionism is unforgiving.
Photographer: Bettmann/Getty Images
How does a great trading nation cope with the realization that its glory days are over?
For the first country to head down that path — Britain — the outcome was an identity crisis that’s still ongoing after more than a century. As the US pauses at the same crossroads, it needs to consider whether free trade or protectionism promises the more prosperous route.
