THE PROBLEM IS, RON VARA DOESN'T EXIST. HE NEVER HAS. THE ECONOMICS EXPERT THAT PETER NAVARRO HAS LONG CITED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE'S SO GUNG HO ON TARIFFS. THIS PERSON, RON VARA, IS A MADE UP PERSON. HE IS A FICTIONAL PERSON. PETER NAVARRO INVENTED RON VARA AS HIS EXPERT SOURCE, SO HE COULD QUOTE THIS EXPERT SOURCE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS CRACKPOT BOOKS. WHO IS RON VERA? RON VERA IS AN ANAGRAM OF NAVARRO, WHICH IS HIS LAST NAME.