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Potential 900% Tariffs on Mattresses Could Wallop Consumers Dec. 15, 2020
When import tariffs are under discussion in Washington, D.C., they typically revolve around rates of... Read More
Assessing Trump's Experiment With Protectionist Trade Policies Dec. 10, 2020
With President Donald Trump soon departing Washington, now is a great time to assess his protectioni... Read More
The Tariff Man and Lobster King Could Learn From Confucius Jun. 11, 2020
Apparently, the United States now has a Lobster King. This great title was bestowed upon the Trump a... Read More
Tweets, Stock Prices and Donald Trump Jun. 13, 2019
President Donald Trump's tweets often set off big gyrations in stock prices. Anyone who knows of the... Read More
Trump Claims a Weird Win After Collapse of Tariff Threat Against Mexico Jun. 11, 2019
President Donald Trump is trying to put a happy face on the overwhelming embarrassment he suffered l... Read More
Ethanol Is a Bad Deal for Consumers Jun. 11, 2019
The Trump administration announced last month it would honor the promise made to corn farmers in Oct... Read More
It's More Than the Economy Jun. 07, 2019
For more than a generation, James Carville's campaign maxim, "It's the economy, stupid," has been he... Read More
Learning the Lessons of Protectionism the Hard Way Feb. 28, 2019
Protectionism begets protectionism. The latest example of this sad state of affairs comes to us via ... Read More
Trump's Tenacity Bringing Chinese in Line Dec. 20, 2018
For almost 30 years, China has been carefully maneuvering to become the most powerful economy on the... Read More
More Trade War Casualties Dec. 07, 2018
The latest casualties in President Donald Trump's trade wars are nearly 15,000 jobs at General Motor... Read More
Did Tariffs Make America Great? Jul. 27, 2018
"Make America Great Again!" will, given the astonishing victory it produced for Donald Trump, be rec... Read More
Trump Wrong to Dump on Canada Jun. 11, 2018
The European Union is ripping us off and creating a trade imbalance. But Canada is not. So President... Read More
No Trade Barriers Mar. 07, 2018
No, President Trump, it's not true that if you tax imported steel, we "will have protection for the ... Read More
Tariffs Are Taxes Mar. 06, 2018
One of the ironies of trade protectionism is that, with tariffs and import quotas, we do to ourselve... Read More
Why Is the GOP Terrified of Tariffs? Mar. 06, 2018
From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from Warren Harding through Calvin Cooli... Read More
Don't Back Off From Freedom of Global Trade Nov. 22, 2016
Campaigning is one thing. Governing, especially at the presidential level, is another. Some know thi... Read More
