<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/westmont-news/talk-examines-americas-long-affair-tariffs.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/20/2025</pubDate><title>Talk Examines America’s Long Affair with Tariffs</title><excerpt>Alastair Su, Westmont assistant professor of history, speaks about “Tariff Nation: Examining the Rise, Fall, and Return of America’s Most Contentious Tax” on Monday, Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St., in downtown Santa Barbara. The Westmont Downtown Lecture is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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