The bad economics of import taxes was succinctly summed up by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), one of the few Republicans to ...

Trump calls it unfair that some countries apply higher tariffs to specific American goods than the U.S. applies back. A new ...

tia.yang ( Tia Yang, senior editor): Americans overall are fairly split over tariffs. Broadly speaking, polls this year have ...

Tariffs have become President Donald Trump's favored economic move, prompting a lot of folks to ask what it is they even do.

Understanding who will end up paying for the higher costs means understanding how manufacturing, trade and supply chains function — and how costs build along each step of the complex process. Take ...

But there’s a method behind Trump’s tariff plan. Trump has used and promised to expand tariffs for three primary purposes: to ...

The answer on tariffs, as with many issues in government, lies at the intersection of constitutional authority and ...

Trump’s memorandum identifies value-added taxes (VATs) as a potential trade irritant that could justify reciprocal tariffs. The VAT, common in the European Union, is a type of consumption tax that is ...

He’s made clear that includes value-added taxes, or VATs, which is the way most countries—including the entire rich world ...

The forceful Realpolitik application of U.S. trade policies and tariff threats is intended to support U.S. national security ...

Trump’s first-term tariffs, which were kept in place by his successor, Joe Biden, slapped 25% charges on steel and 10% on ...