Trump Partially Pauses "Liberation Day" Tariffs
But 10% tariffs are still being imposed on nearly all countries, without any letup. And we are still moving ahead with our lawsuit challenging them.
But 10% tariffs are still being imposed on nearly all countries, without any letup. And we are still moving ahead with our lawsuit challenging them.
In the span of a week, Trump cratered the stock market and brought it much of the way back, with little more than public statements.
The Kentucky senator joins Just Asking Questions to explain why he's fighting against the president's unilateral tariffs.
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The Supreme Court has ample precedent to rule against Trump’s trade war.
A $25 board game may soon hit the shelves with a $40 price tag because of tariffs.
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Members of the administration spent the weekend presenting contradictory defenses of Trump's economic policies.
The president is raising taxes, hiking prices, and creating supply chain chaos. Congress should act quickly to stop this.
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Freed of regulatory deadweight, Americans will be in a much better position to compete with the world.
Did the 25th president really make America "very rich through tariffs"? William McKinley might have told you otherwise.
They violate the major questions doctrine set forth by the Roberts Court and must be stopped by a nationwide injunction.
Although the president's pride in his negotiation skills could save us, it is hard to see what sort of deal would address his grievance about the consequences of economic freedom.
The lawsuit raises nondelegation and major questions doctrine arguments.
Eliminating the tariff exemption on low-value Chinese imports is bad news.
With him in charge, it never stood a chance.
The company previously dropped out of the Brazilian market for five years until the country relaxed its tariffs on video games.
Dynamists, protectionists, hawks, and doves are seeing their policy goals realized in the most bungling and incompetent fashion imaginable.
Tariffs #1: Administration assumes that Trade Deficits are "the sum of all cheating."
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president's imposition of tariffs, a lawsuit alleges.
Attempting to defend Trump's tariffs, the White House points to studies that show they raise prices, cut manufacturing output, and lead to costly retaliation.
Governments should just get out of the way of free trade among consumers and businesses.
They weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
And he did it after Israel dropped all its tariffs on American goods.
A small but growing bipartisan movement in the Senate is pushing back against the president's imposition of tariffs, but there's plenty of room to go further.
The nonsensical list of territories subject to the White House's new "reciprocal" tariffs shows how amateurish the administration's new trade policy is.
What tariffs on Singapore, Brazil, and Vietnam can tell us about how Trump misunderstands the value of trade.
Lower-income families who spend the largest shares of their income on goods—and who have been badly hurt from the recent inflation—will likely suffer the most.
Trump's first trade war cost farmers $27 billion. Losses this time around could be higher.
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If tariffs are so great, why has Trump shown a willingness to back down from his threats if other countries agree to certain conditions?
The bill faces an uncertain future, but it is a faint glimmer of hope for those hoping to limit executive power over trade.
The Liberty Justice Center and I are looking for appropriate plaintiffs to bring this type of case. LJC (a prominent public interest law firm) can represent them pro bono.
Polls of consumers and surveys of business owners suggest the White House has a lot of convincing to do.
Taxes on imports cannot possibly deliver all the benefits the president is promising.
It's obvious that tariffs will harm American companies that import goods. But the losses don't end there.
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If true, then these tariffs would be the biggest peacetime tax increase in American history.
The escalating dispute threatens Mexican farmers—and American consumers.
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