Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody ...

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Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. Mark Benedict Barry Library of Congress Protectionism doesn’t work, and history ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down protectionist state wine and liquor laws on the grounds that they illegally discriminated against out-of-state wineries and out-of-state alcohol retailers. Yet ...

"The Reagan Administration's trade policy became clear: Espouse free trade but find an excuse on every occasion to embrace the opposite," wrote David Stockman, budget director for the Reagan ...

TOPSHOT - An employee operates on a forging with protective gear at the Framatome Creusot forge, in Le Creusot, central France on March 3, 2023. - As she visited the Framtome site, the French Minister ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic proposals offer a mix of opportunities and challenges for U.S. manufacturers. While tax cuts and deregulation might offer financial benefits, increased tariffs ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley has a question about President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China: Why stop there? Farley said in a conference call Wednesday that Trump’s ...

When students of the Revolutionary War hear the words Valley Forge, they probably think of an iconic image: Gen. George Washington kneeling in the snow, surrounded by log cabins, praying for aid. The ...