While Democrats have widely criticized President Trump's whipsawing trade strategy as chaotic, they've displayed little consensus on where the party stands on tariffs overall.

By seeking to "liberate" Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards—and drove up the price of eggs 600 percent.

Perhaps the strongest indictment of his trade policies is that Joe Biden looked at them and thought they were worth continuing.

The week of March 24, 2025: Tariff trauma, MAHA, Poland, labor, and much, much more.

This is an abuse of language and logic in the service of bad policy that hardly interacts with the alleged threat to national security.

For U.S. President Donald Trump, tariffs aren't just about macroeconomics: They're also about asserting power.

Donald Trump believes tariffs could offset taxes, but tariffs will be a tax in itself to the American consumer. Trump is proposing to raise taxes from 60% to

The EU should not be tempted to respond in kind

Capital inflows could be the Trump administration's next target

The tech giant's path forward is complicated

How did the Trump Administration come up with these tariff rates? Why would a nation like Madagascar, for example, with a small economy, be hit with a 47%

If it's about 'fairness' rather than 'inflation', views shift

There are two analytic principles worth repeating before delving into the raft of tariffs the Trump administration issued last week. The first is that we have entered into an unanchored world ord

A dramatic shift in America's trade policy has left economists warning of rising costs and the risk of a recession.

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Not every tariff is a boon, nor is every one a bane. But they can provide long-term gains well in excess of their short-term costs.

Beijing's latest retaliation came after the White House raised its levy on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax. Stocks in Europe were volatile, following losses on Wall Street a day earlier.

Tariffs channel our energies into avoiding taxes rather than into making things people want.