tariffs

What Trump said on steel and aluminum tariffs and what it might really mean

President Donald Trump met with representatives from the American steel and aluminum industry on Thursday to talk about trade. While…

6 years ago

U.S. slaps new tariff on Canadian lumber imports

The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed tariffs on Canadian softwood imports after trade talks on U.S. milk exports fell through.…

7 years ago

The truth about the trade imbalance

At no time besides elections does the trade imbalance — the difference between the monetary value of a country’s imports…

8 years ago

Congress to Enhance Smoot-Hawley – Protectionist Cause of the Great Depression

Smoot-Hawley was officially named the "Tarrif Act of 1930".  The act raised or enacted tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.…

14 years ago

America Goes Protectionist, Echos 1930’s Era Actions

Still thickly in the middle of the biggest economic catastrophe since the great depression, American policy makers are making anti-free…

15 years ago

Health Care, Tariffs, Tort Reform: It’s Not About You

The current administration is positioning their policy initiatives as if they are intended to help the working class. Nothing could…

15 years ago

Experts Concerned on Coming Depression

In a recent Telegraph article, it is suggested that President Obama is making some historic mistakes in the handling of…

15 years ago