Tariffs are bad. They are just “taxes” by a different name. Higher taxes and tariffs retard economic production and growth. The higher the tax, or tariff, the lower amount of product is sold. Would the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just ahead of a midnight deadline on Sunday, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North […]
BEIJING — Beijing has begun downplaying Made in China 2025, the state-backed industrial policy that has provoked alarm in the West and is core to Washington’s complaints about the country’s technological ambitions. With concerns afoot […]
President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum set off a spate of comments comparing his actions to the Hawley-Smoot tariff act that many feel precipitated and certainly exacerbated the Great Depression of the […]
PARIS — Europe will retaliate with a firm joint response if the Trump administration goes ahead with “unacceptable” tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday. Le Maire […]
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