Congress Just Made It Harder for Congress To Block Trump's Tariffs
The cowardice of Congress will continue fueling the growth of executive power.
The cowardice of Congress will continue fueling the growth of executive power.
A quick lesson about concentrated benefits and diffused costs
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What did we learn from yet another escalation in the North American trade war? Not to do it again.
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The tariffs Trump has already imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will cost an estimated $142 billion this year—and he says more are on the way.
If tariffs are a poor method of collecting revenue or strengthening trade, they're even less effective at stopping the flow of illegal drugs.
The Trump administration’s trade war leaves everyone worse off.
The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward.
And an increasingly unpopular one. Will Trump pay attention to the polls, if not the economists?
The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.
"The only way you get less waste is to give them less money to spend," says the libertarian-adjacent senator from Kentucky.
The specifics are still vague, but the White House is reportedly claiming that new tariffs will generate $1 trillion annually.
"This really is one of the dumbest things we could be doing."
And it's not about "fairness." Quite the opposite, actually.
One CEO says the uncertainty created by Trump's chaotic trade policies is "reminiscent of the adjustments we had to make during Covid-19."
Eliminating tariff exemptions will increase import delivery times and make direct-to-consumer goods more expensive.
After promising to stop the flow of drugs during his first term, the president blames foreign officials for his failure.
Yesterday's deals with Canada and Mexico stopped the trade war for now. But Trump may yet return to asserting sweeping authority to impose whatever tariffs he wants.
From gasoline to nuclear power, tariffs will hurt America's energy sector.
Canada and Mexico agreed to keep doing things they were already doing, and Trump revealed that he cannot be trusted with unilateral tariff power.
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We can tax our way to prosperity, Trump claims, but we'll just…not do that, I guess?
Recent Supreme Court precedent suggests such challenges might prevail, though success is not guaranteed.
Trump's second trade war has apparently arrived. There remains much uncertainty, but expect it to be costly.
Reviving the Monroe Doctrine and 19th century Republican adventurism is not a shortcut to peace.
The stark disconnect not only runs the risk of choking off much of the global commerce the president claims to welcome but threatens to stick U.S. consumers and businesses with higher costs.
Howard Lutnick told senators that CHIPS Act subsidies were "an excellent down payment."
Politicians in both major parties see the People's Republic as an economic and military threat. But the real threat is an isolated China.
The owner of a famous cocktail bar in Dallas warns that tariffs on Mexican imports will mean higher menu prices and reduced availability of specialty tequila.
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President Donald Trump doubled down on both domestic deregulation and protectionism in his speech to the World Economic Forum.
"Every day I confront a bill that wants to ban another Chinese company," the Kentucky senator tells Reason.
They are allied countries with which the U.S. has a trade deal (a deal negotiated by Trump, no less), but presidential emergency powers are nearly limitless.
American tariffs will increase the price of final and intermediate goods, hurting our own consumers and domestic manufacturers.
The most important thing in any name is not what some official institution or a collection of old maps says. Spontaneous order tends to rule the day.
The move "seeks cheaper food for Argentines and more Argentine food for the world."
Domestic deregulation will decrease the cost of living. Trade barriers will do the opposite.
Trump is wrong to threaten an ally and prepare to tear up a treaty over a nonexistent threat.
Trump promises to "tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens." That's not how it works.
Politicians in both major parties see the People's Republic as an economic and military threat. But the real threat is an isolated China.
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The incoming administration is grappling with uncomfortable political consequences of the tariffs Trump wants to impose.
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Blocking Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel lays the groundwork for a major consolidation of American steelmaking that will harm consumers and the economy.
It's a disgraceful decision that serves as a perfect epitaph for Biden's political career.
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