The move, which Biden and his aides had telegraphed in remarks earlier this spring, was promptly condemned by leading trade groups, including those representing the U.S. tech industry and large importing corporations.

But they barely elicited a peep from free traders in Congress, a dwindling population in recent years. That used to be a mainstream position in the GOP, which for much of the past 40 years defined itself as pro-business and pro-free trade.

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