Trump's Tariffs May Soon Make Car Insurance More Expensive
Tariffs on auto parts, meant to "protect America’s automobile industry," make repairs more expensive and drive up the cost of insurance.
Tariffs on auto parts, meant to "protect America’s automobile industry," make repairs more expensive and drive up the cost of insurance.
When the line between public and private is erased, politics is all about special favors. That's gross.
Trump’s Japan and E.U. deals offer vague promises and lack the depth and enforceability of the TPP he scrapped.
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The president is claiming "unbounded authority" to impose import taxes based on a law that does not mention them.
That should put an end to the Trump administration's silly talking point about how there is no tariff for products built in the U.S.
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President Trump’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs faces skeptical judges.
Canada accounts for a tiny percentage of fentanyl smuggling, which cannot be stopped by trying harder.
If so, then why postpone any enforcement until October?
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American chocolatiers need imports, and tariffs help no one.
It makes the case for strong judicial review of executive invocations of sweeping emergency powers.
To win in court, the Trump administration will have to argue against a pair of legal theories that conservatives have spent years developing as a way to check executive power.
And if Trump moves ahead with his threatened August 1 tariff hikes, prices will climb even more.
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In each case, tariffs remain much higher than they were before the deals.
The 10 percent baseline reciprocal tariff rate was bad for America; the 15 percent rate is even worse.
Trump believes he can deploy tariffs without tradeoffs or distortions. In reality, each new tariff move creates both.
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I participated along with Andrew Morris of the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
Not only does it raise taxes on American consumers, but it leaves American automakers at a distinct disadvantage relative to their Japanese competitors.
The case raises many of the same issues as our case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
What is the relationship between Trump's tariffs and the rest of the economy?
Collections represented a surge in imports trying to beat higher rates—with a slump to follow.
The president has spent six months promising to make everything more expensive, and polls show that Americans have noticed.
Brazil’s judiciary has abandoned neutrality, with sweeping crackdowns on speech and political rivals. A U.S. tariff response signals the crisis has gone international.
According to one analyst, the U.S. would need between 42,000 and 250,000 more acres growing tomatoes to replace Mexican imports.
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Estreicher and Babbitt are right to conclude that Trump's tariffs violate the nondelegation doctrine, but wrong to reject other arguments against them.
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Increasing the cost of inputs and imported energy would make American exports less competitive.
It's an obvious abuse of emergency powers, a claim to unconstitutional delegation of legislative power, and a threat to the economy and the rule of law.
It might be the Trump administration's most foolish trade policy idea yet.
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The diversity and quality of the briefs opposing Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs speaks for itself.
The Cato Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance urge the Federal Circuit to extend the logic of a decision against the president's far-reaching import taxes.
Our brief explains why the Federal Circuit should uphold the Court of International Trade decision striking down Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
Scenes from a trade war.
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In 2018, Trump hailed a trade deal with South Korea as "fair and reciprocal" and said it was "a historic milestone in trade." So much for that.
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Several of the items on the Declaration's list of grievances against King George III also apply to Donald Trump today.
Americans will continue to pay higher tariffs, while Vietnamese businesses won't pay anything. Whatever happened to reciprocity?
The Supreme Court may have reached the wrong result in FCC v. Consumers Research. But ruling emphasizes there are significant constitutional limits to legislative delegation to the executive.
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