Trump's threatened tariffs would bring U.S. import duties to 1940s levels—before we had social media, online shopping, or the ...

President Trump has suggested that the government eliminate the personal income tax and replace it with tariffs. While some ...

Many investors went into 2025 assuming Donald Trump would use tariffs as a negotiating tool, but this belief has been shaken ...

Everyone who had the misfortune to see Trump’s various speeches on inauguration day got to see him explain that the word “tariff’ was the most beautiful word in the dictionary, only to catch himself ...

There is a historical precedent for the trade war that's breaking out: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which triggered a ...

Trump is taking tariffs far beyond their intended use. While it's worth taking a look at unfair trade, he's riding roughshod ...

President Donald Trump should take heed of this and review the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. This law implemented protectionist tariffs that were the second highest in the history ...

One of the most popular tariffs, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, was enacted in 1930 by then-president Herbert Hoover. Economists and historians agree that the implementation of the tariff, although ...

President Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as his exemption of North American trade agreement-protected goods, has led to a hands-off approach from Congress, which has been ...

The stock market is in correction territory, with risks from protectionism reminiscent of the 1920s, potentially leading to a ...