Tariffs

Who could blame Russian consumers for being skittish about purchasing vehicles that can’t handle the cold?

By employing protectionist measures now, before the next great war begins, America can shield its eviscerated manufacturing sector—and perhaps restore it to fighting shape.

Trump may be about to discover that it is easier to begin a trade war than to end it successfully.

The theory of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI), and the high tariffs that went with it, brought about economic dysfunction and stagnation to the region. Back in the 1950s, Latin American...

The cold, hard truth is that tariffs are bad for the GOP and even worse for America.

President Trump’s new tariffs are shaking global energy markets, driving down oil and gas prices, slowing clean energy projects, and raising questions about global economic stability. Trump’s Tariffs and Energy...

The largest beneficiary of America’s tariff-induced meltdown has been China—which has used past Western crises to stake out maximalist positions in international affairs.

Bad trade policy helped prolong the Great Depression. Even a muted repeat of this experience is terrifying. Stock prices have tumbled, and anxieties have soared with the White House announcement...

The unveiling of sweeping trade barriers has fundamentally shifted the nature of global trade diplomacy toward transactionalism. This week, President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive set of tariffs affecting nearly...

With trillions of dollars vanishing from financial markets overnight, the president may have little choice but to make an uncharacteristic U-turn. 

U.S. trade policy today is a roller coaster, and the only thing predictable about it is its unpredictability. Tariffs, which Donald Trump once called “the most beautiful word in the...

If there is one bright spot in Trump’s cacophony of trade threats, it is that the conversation on how to improve the global regulatory space for the average consumer has...