Trump Doesn't Understand How Tariffs Work, Brags About Making Up Trade Stats
From "bowling ball tests" to tariffs, the president doesn't know what he's talking about. His ignorance grows more dangerous each day.
Tariffs
Kick the Keg: Trump's Tariffs Might Kill Last American Keg Manufacturer
"Tariffs will inadvertently drive the price of American steel higher," says American Keg CEO Paul Czachor.
'Trade Wars' Don't Put Americans First
You cannot advocate trade restrictions without also advocating state-bestowed privilege.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Should Shut Up About Soup Cans, Already
If he believes this economically illiterate nonsense, he shouldn't be trusted to run the Department of Commerce. If he doesn't believe it, neither should you.
Trump Orders Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum. Can Congress Stop Him?
A 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum will take effect in 15 days, unless GOP lawmakers take unusual steps to stop them.
U.S. Steel CEO Celebrates Tariffs That Will Help His Industry and Hurt Everyone Else
The benefits of a huge new tariff on steel will be highly concentrated in the steel industry, while the costs will be borne by other parts of the economy.
Trump's Tariffs Will Hurt America's Automobile Industry, Including Workers Who Build Cars
And the EU's response to the tariffs will whack workers who build motorcycles.
4 Bad Arguments for Trump's New Tariffs
When it comes to trade, the president believes a lot of nonsense.
Rand Paul: 'A Tariff Is Simply a Tax'
Senator tells Reason "most of the businesses in Kentucky are quite worried about a trade war." But will a weak Congress confront Trump?
Stossel: Trump's Steel Tariffs Will Hurt Americans
John Stossel says voluntary, free trade improves lives.
Trump's Steel Tariffs Will Help, Not Hurt, China
The proposed tariffs are an exercise in ego, not economics.
Trump's Impulsive Trade War Is Lousy Economics and Worrisome Politics
President's hasty new "trade war" will damage the American economy while continuing his process of removing tariff-reduction from two-party politics.
Trump's Tariffs Will Crush the Beer Industry
And they'll make lots of other things more expensive too.
Trump's 'America First' Plan Is Naked Special-Interest Policymaking
When anyone says, "I'm for free trade, but it must be fair trade," they are really saying: "I am not for free trade."
Trump Launches Solar Panel Trade War with China
Will the economic and social benefits of the solar panel tariffs outweigh their costs? Not likely.
Trump's Deregulation Drive Stops at the Border
The International Trade Commission recommends the president impose hefty tariffs on washing machines.
Proposed Tariff on Washing Machines Is Pure Protectionism
Protectionist measures hurt American workers and consumers.
U.S. Steel Manufacturers Eager for Trump to Impose Long-Promised Tariffs
Trump, tariffs and the art of the deal
Two Solar Companies Got Big Subsidies From Obama. Now They Want Protective Tariffs From Trump.
A bankrupt Chinese-owned taxpayer-subsidized company that's asking for protection against Chinese imports.
A Matter of Steel Industry Security
Steel imports are no more a threat to U.S. national security than imported sugar or lumber or tulips.
It Costs a Lot When Government Sets Prices
Be it cigarettes, imported products, or even labor.
Snuggies Are Blankets, Not Clothes
Federal trade court rules that lazy coziness will be taxed at a lower rate.
Mexico Fires Back Against Trump With Plan to Target U.S. Farmers
A Mexican senator will introduce a bill to end all corn imports from the U.S.
Meet the Free Traders Who Don't Like Global Trade Agreements
Trump's unusual fusionism puts anti-WTO libertarians on the spot.
A Nation of Smugglers and Protectionists
Americans have always limited trade-and always defied those limits.
Fast Track Authority for Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Pact Seems Doomed
Democrats vote against aid to "displaced workers" as they try to scuttle fast-track authority for Obama.
Snowden-Fueled Trade War With Ecuador Could Raise Prices for Americans
Goods slapped with tariffs as politicians battle
U.S. Jeans Makers Seek New Markets After Europe Triples Denim Tariff
Those jeans are getting tighter
WTO Rules Chinese Steel Tariffs Are Illegal
Restrictions on some U.S. steel products were in place because Chinese officials believed producers were the recipients of subsidies
Opponents Criticize Proposed Chinese Solar Panel Tariffs
Trade war would ultimately hurt United States, they argue
Tire Tariff Costs $900K for Each Job "Saved"
Why not just cut each worker a check for a fraction of the price?
U.S. Launches Auto Trade Battle with China
China's subsidies bad. America's subsidies good! Go America!
The Myth of America's Laissez-Faire Past
Tariffs, trusts, corporate-state collusion and "communism of pelf" did not equal free markets
