Understanding who will end up paying for the higher costs means understanding how manufacturing, trade and supply chains function — and how costs build along each step of the complex process. Take ...
President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.
tia.yang ( Tia Yang, senior editor): Americans overall are fairly split over tariffs. Broadly speaking, polls this year have ...
The bad economics of import taxes was succinctly summed up by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), one of the few Republicans to ...
Tariff rates on imported shoes can vary, with over 430 different classifications based on materials and styles. Non-leather sneakers imported from China, for example, typically had a 20 percent ...
The answer on tariffs, as with many issues in government, lies at the intersection of constitutional authority and ...
But there’s a method behind Trump’s tariff plan. Trump has used and promised to expand tariffs for three primary purposes: to ...
The president imposed a 25 percent tariff on global metals, repeating a move from his first term. Economists and foreign ...