Since the 1930s, the U.S. has moved away from protectionism in favor of trade liberalization. Agreements like the General ...

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

Tariffs have dominated headlines since President Donald Trump took office just over two weeks ago, as he threatened steep, sweeping tariffs on goods the United States imports from its three ...

Countries around the world have long used tariffs, a tax on imports ... Variations of this argument have been advanced throughout U.S. history. They have gained credence again in recent years ...

They are used to make domestically produced goods more attractive to consumers than imported foreign products or to raise ...

That brings us back to the data in the chart ... You can see that at no point in American history - even in those early days when tariffs were far higher than today and a far more important ...

Why we have an income tax is a pretty important issue in political economic history. So, these days, is why the United States reduced and de-prioritized the tariff (only to raise it way up ...

He says previous waves of tariffs in U.S. economic history didn’t cause widespread price increases in the long run. Gradually easing labor markets and softening economic indicators are likely to ...

A reciprocal tariff is a tax or trade limit that one country imposes on another as a reaction to similar measures from that country. The purpose of reciprocal tariffs is to maintain fairness in trade ...