Over the long term, tariffs on imported pencils could accelerate innovation within the industry. U.S. manufacturers may invest in automation.

The United States, for instance, maintained high tariffs for decades, until income taxes supplanted tariffs as the most important source of revenue in the 1930s. After World War II, tariffs ...

The US president told reporters aboard Air Force One he would impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium, as well as ...

Making it harder to do business with Americans is not the way to help domestic workers, small businesses, and everyone else ...

High tariffs on Mexico mean Mexican companies will have to pay more to do business with the United States. But they can also increase trade with other countries, especially aggressive ones such as ...

President Trump is an avowed supporter of tariffs, but many experts say such trade measures can boost inflation.

He pointed to one of its causes: sky-high tariffs had put America on the “road to ruin” by inviting retaliation and suffocating investment. It was a painful lesson, and it took decades of ...

President Trump is an avowed supporter of tariffs, but many experts say such trade measures can boost inflation.

It’s important to remember the Canadian economy did not collapse before free trade, despite being circumvallated by tariff walls ...