Tariffs Can Mess With Tax Reform — It’s Happened Before
Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.
Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Tariff Mess
What he’s doing with import fees is a result of a lost consensus about how the United States should interact with other ...
Vintage photos show what life was like under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.
Striking a Balance With Tariffs To Protect American Interests
President Trump recently instituted new tariffs on two allies and one adversary: 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% ...
What the ‘mother of all trade wars' can teach us about U.S. tariffs, according to economists
Here’s how current events are mirroring a key point in U.S. history that led to a trade war and exacerbated the Great ...
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The Morrill Tariff.
It is now proposed to reenact a highly protective tariff, both for revenue and protection. To the adoption at this crisis of such a measure, there are certainly very grave objections. No act of ...
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How the U.S. has used tariffs throughout history — and why Trump is different, economists say
The Tariff Act of 1930, popularly known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, levied protective tariffs on about 800 to 900 different types of goods, accounting for about 25% of all goods imported to the U ...
2 Things That Should Worry Investors More Than Tariffs
Tariff disputes are causing volatility under the new administration, but investors should have two bigger worries right now.