Trump's Trade War Targets Second-Most-American Pie Filling
Cherry growers get hit with steep tariffs right in the middle of their harvest season.
Cherry growers get hit with steep tariffs right in the middle of their harvest season.
In 18th century France, wearing the wrong fabric could get you in big trouble.
Protectionism takes many forms, but it always leads to the same end: fewer choices for consumers
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.
More than 1,000 economists (including Nobel Prize winners) have penned an open letter to the White House, warning not to repeat mistakes of the past.
We restrict trade to punish our enemies. Why would we do the same to ourselves?
But working-class identity politics threaten to ruin everything.
You cannot advocate trade restrictions without also advocating state-bestowed privilege.
Some cities have warmed to them, but protectionist policies still oppress.
And they'll make lots of other things more expensive too.
Tariffs are an unnecessary step that will hurt American manufacturers and increase prices on a wide range of products, from cars to beer cans.
Meanwhile, tariffs pile up on products that lots of Americans actually buy.
The administration pushes harsh protectionist measures at the Montreal NAFTA talks.
The Jones Act drives up consumer prices by protecting U.S. companies from competition. Guess who insists it must be kept intact?
The escalating tit-for-tat over trade policy risks an all-out trade war.
A backwards, protectionist law mandating an obsolete job has been only slightly relaxed.
A judge suspends oppressive city regulations as too vague, but the fight's probably not over.
An old federal law demolishes the development of some domestic tourism markets.
Protectionism at play? Politicians say food trucks are "unfair competition" for restaurants.
Without American participation, everyone could end up worse off-particularly Americans.
Protectionist measures hurt American workers and consumers.
Hurricane Irma sheds light on the hidden costs of yet another protectionist measure.
The idea is sadly gaining steam.
Is it just more bluster from the White House? Let's hope so.
DHS ends waiver of protectionist shipping law that drives up costs.
Don't ruin it with protectionist trade policies.
Reason's Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch on the Las Vegas shooting, Trump's Twitter rage at Puerto Rico, and the Jones Act.
Anti-dumping tariffs don't lead to more fairness, they just lead to more tariffs.
A bankrupt Chinese-owned taxpayer-subsidized company that's asking for protection against Chinese imports.
Congress needs to vote to stop protecting shipping cartel from market competition.
If you can't change a single lousy law in the face of humanitarian crisis, how are you going to take on the tax code's thousands of special-interest blocs?
The president is doing everything he can do to alienate libertarians who believe in shrinking the size, scope, and spending of government.
John Stossel got an eyeglass prescription over the internet. "Bottleneckers" want that banned.
The EU can be quite protectionist, particularly vis a vis its eastern members.
American protectionism has repeatedly failed as an economic strategy.
How flag-waving nationalism provides cover for a destructive economic policy.
Truck operator: "I feel like this city is about nepotism, cronyism and favoritism."
A South Carolina Supreme Court decision rejects rules based on economic protectionism.
Steel imports are no more a threat to U.S. national security than imported sugar or lumber or tulips.
In a political sense, the issue is much like fighting climate change.
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