How tariffs could be a blessing in disguise for American companies

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Jerry Haar, opinion contributor All indications are that free trade has gone the way of the typewriter and the pay phone. What has long been a pillar of economic liberty and free-market capitalism has been degraded by protectionism, populism and isolationism. Neo-mercantilism is the flavor of the month. Despite the fact that, over the past 20 years, nearly 90 percent…