Trump's Trade War Was Supposed to Protect American Tech Companies. Instead It's Hurting Them.
"Bilateral tariffs result in lower GDP, employment, investment, and trade for the U.S.," a new report concludes.
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Quit Worrying and Learn To Love Trade With China
Fretting over deficits and intellectual property will do no good and much harm.
America's Trade Deficit Hit a New Record High at the End of 2018
That's just fine, unless you happen to be a president who promised to reduce it.
Trump's Tariffs Cost the U.S. Economy $1.4 Billion Every Month
New study shows U.S. consumers pay every dollar of the tariffs, which have also damaged supply chains and the availability of goods.
With Key Deadline Friday, Is the Trade War With China About to End?
Any deal will be better than the current mess, which is largely of Trump's own making.
As Domestic Policy and as Foreign Policy, Trump's Automobile Tariffs Would Be a Disaster
Trump could destroy American jobs and America's relationship with Germany at the same time.
Lobbyists Are Making Bank on Trump's Steel Tariffs
Steel manufacturers spent $12.2 million lobbying the federal government in 2018, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the previous year.
After State of the Union, Republicans Face a Crucial Choice on Trade
There are dueling bills in front of Congress, both backed by Republicans. One would expand Trump's tariff authority, while the other would check it.
Is Congress Finally Getting Serious About Stopping Trump's Tariffs?
A bipartisan, bicameral proposal would stop Trump from using the tired "national security" excuse to justify his protectionist trade policies.
Trump Stands Up for Blue Collar Workers by Reducing Their Profit-Sharing Checks
Because of tariffs, Ford hourly employees will lose out on $750 they would have otherwise received.
Is the White House Considering Easing Chinese Tariffs? The Stock Market Hopes So
Dow Jones skyrockets on news that Steve Mnuchin is leading behind-the-scenes effort to reduce tariffs on China.
America's Trade Deficit With China Just Hit a New Record
And it's not a record low. That's fine, but it's not what the president said would happen.
'We Are Fighting for Free Speech Every Single Day,' Says Students for Liberty's Wolf von Laer: Podcast
What to expect at LibertyCon, the annual meeting of the largest libertarian student group on the planet (plus how to get 40 percent off registration).
Donald Trump Wants to Choke Chinese Tech Growth. An Import Ban Could Do the Opposite.
Attempts to control how artificial intelligence develops and is used could backfire.
Trump's Trade War Is Harming the Craft Booze Business—and Dragging Down the Rest of the Economy in the Process
Catoctin Creek Distillery's tariff woes show that no one wins a trade war.
These Booze-Making Capitalist Monks Will Make Your Day
When Europe's beer-brewing, liquor-distilling monks combine Catholicism and capitalism, the results are delicious.
2018 Proved That Trade Wars Aren't 'Good and Easy to Win'
Regardless of the president's Twitter bravado, this year has provided a painful lesson in how tariffs grow government and hurt the economy.
Donald Trump's Libertarian Christmas?: Podcast
Reason editors' best and worst moments of 2018, including the president's welcome and long-overdue drawdown from Afghanistan
Judge: Trump Administration's Steel Tariff Rationale 'Makes Me Scratch My Head'
The Trump administration's response to a lawsuit challenging steel tariffs is a deeply un-conservative argument for greater executive power.
Finding a Cure for Our Fiscal Insanity: Podcast
Peter Suderman, Len Gilroy, and C. Boyden Gray diagnose the country's many fiscal woes, and offer some solutions, at Reason's 50th anniversary celebration.
This Lawsuit Could Sink Trump's Steel Tariffs
Today, the U.S. Court for International Trade will hear a challenge to the "national security" rationale Trump used to impose those tariffs in June.
Trump Is Shifting American's Views on Trade, But Not the Way He Wants
A new poll shows Americans (including Republicans) are rejecting Trump's nationalist view of global trade.
Aluminum Tariff Tradeoff: 300 Jobs for $690 Million in New Taxes
New study argues the tariffs have boosted employment, but doesn't examine the costs of President Donald Trump's protectionism.
Trump's Ill-Advised Slams on GM
If he wants to help American autoworkers, the president should make trade peace, not war.
Study: Trump's Tariffs Are a $42 Billion Regressive Tax Increase
They are also sapping economic growth, reducing wages, and lowering employment. Winning!
Trump's War on Trade
The president's protectionist agenda threatens U.S. businesses and consumers.
As 'Tariff Man' Attacks Stock Market, Justin Amash's 'Liberty Man' Is the Hero We Need
Tuesday's tweets demonstrate that Trump still doesn't understand that Americans, not foreigners, are paying his tariffs.
America's Economic Health Has Improved
The U.S. rose four places in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and this just the latest bit of good news.
Darts and Laurels for the Late George H.W. Bush: Podcast
Also: How much should we care that Trump & co. lied in 2016 about a Putin-proximate real estate deal in Russia?
Trump's G20 Deal With Xi Jinping Promises De-escalation of Trade War but Lacks Many Specifics
Saturday's deal seems to be a strategic retreat by the Trump administration.
The NAFTA Rewrite Is Flawed, but Not Getting It to Congress This Year Might Be an Even Bigger Mistake
Trump's best chance to enact the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement may have already passed.
When Trump (or Obama) Threatens CEOs, It's the Little Guy Who Loses
Political finger-wags at the boardroom is a good sign that the lowly taxpayer is about to take it in the shorts.
Trump's Trade War Bailout Program Is a Predictable Mess
More than 1,100 people living in America's 50 largest cities have received bailout funds intended for farmers harmed by Trump's trade war.
Stock Market Woes Worsen As Trade War Worries Grow
The Dow Jones has lost 500 points since President Donald Trump launched his trade war.
Steel Tariffs Might Kill NAFTA Rewrite
Dozens of business and trade groups say the ongoing steel and aluminum tariffs will "create impediments" to congressional passage of Trump's USMCA.
Trump Still Determined to Slap New Tariffs on Auto Imports
White House advisors are worried that "he could get impatient one day and force their hand like he did with the steel and aluminum tariffs."
This Election Day, Americans Are Still Not Voting for Protectionism
Tariffs and anti-free trade policies are not rising up from the democratic process but being created by the political class.
Free Market Principles Missing in Ethanol Rule Changes
Trump's trade policy is leading to bad politics and terrible outcomes.
Spooky! Tariffs Hike Prices for Costumes, Candy, Cider, and Other Halloween Favorites
The specter of mercantilism rises from the dead!
Next Month's Trump-Xi Meeting Could End the Trade War, or Escalate It
Trump seems to prefer escalation. More tariffs could be coming in early December.
Trump's Tariffs Aren't Even Helping Steelmakers
Nucor's stock price is down 16 percent since August. Executives say the fourth quarter will be even worse.
Do Trump's Tariffs Actually Exist? Donald Trump Debates Donald Trump.
Trump suggests the tariffs are a fiction invented by CEOs, using the president as a scapegoat. But maybe he has a point?
This Chart Explains How Badly Trump's Trade War Is Hurting Soybean Farmers
And it could get worse, as China is now considering cutting off all American soybean purchases.
Trump's Thinking on Trade War? 'He Wants Them to Suffer More.'
But who, exactly, will be suffering?
No More $1 Yoga Pants as Trump Aims Trade War at Global Postal Treaty
Trump's latest trade war maneuver will raise prices, but it's more defensible than his tariffs.
The Winningest Losers in Trump's Trade War
The president's agenda hurts American consumers and businesses.
