Upshot: The Real Risks of Trump's Tariffs

The chance that global trade will be undermined. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, March 2, 2018 [NYTimes.com/Upshot »]( [The Real Risks of Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs]( By NEIL IRWIN A higher price for metals isn’t the main concern; it’s the chance that the global trade system will be undermined. [House Race in Pennsylvania May Turn on Trump Voters’ Regrets]( By TRIP GABRIEL A special election in what had been a safe G.O.P. district is now a close race, in part because of Trump voters who are now disappointed in his presidency. [How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries]( By AUDREY CARLSEN AND SAHIL CHINOY Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process takes months. ADVERTISEMENT FEEDBACK For suggestions on how we can improve this newsletter, write to newsletters@nytimes.com. If you have a compelling data set you’d like us to pursue, send it to [dear.upshot@nytimes.com](mailto:dear.upshot@nytimes.com?subject=Upshot%20Newsletter%20Feedback). From the Archive [Generation Grumpy: Why You May Be Unhappy if You’re Around 50]( By ROBERT GEBELOFF The generation of people born 1962 to 1971, now in what are typically peak earning years, are finding they are not doing as well as they might have expected. [When Did Americans Stop Marrying Their Cousins? Ask the World’s Largest Family Tree]( By STEPH YIN Researchers assembled 5 million family trees using data from the website Geni.com to test several genetic and historical hypotheses. Political Science [What Motivates Voters More Than Loyalty? Loathing]( By THOMAS B. EDSALL Negative partisanship is taking us somewhere we haven’t been for a very long time. ADVERTISEMENT In Case You Missed It ... [Elmo, in puppet form at a Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, N.Y., looms large in many people’s childhoods. Is his image enough to make children choose an apple instead of a cookie?]( Cole Wilson for The New York Times The New Health Care [The Cookie Crumbles: A Retracted Study Points to a Larger Truth]( By AARON E. CARROLL Getting people to eat better is difficult. So is doing research about it, which is why skepticism is important.  [The Best Way to Spend $100 Billion on the Opioid Crisis]( By JOSH KATZ Treatment foremost, but also support for a host of other solutions, including more interdiction. LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here.]( FOLLOW UPSHOT [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@UpshotNYT]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The Upshot newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2018 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018