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From 1861 to 1890s, high tariffs dominated as the source of federal government revenue under Republican-led protectionism ...

A controversial campaign pledge to enact big, universal tariffs that would transform the global-trade system and usher in ...

The Canadian and Mexican leaders negotiated with President Trump in diverging ways. In the end, they both secured an outcome ...

Welcome to President Donald Trump’s trade war 2.0. So far, it’s a lot like his trade war 1.0. He threatens draconian tariffs.

Donald Trump announced tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, but has paused two of them while the other issued ...

When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and ...

U.S. consumers might be surprised to find out that almost every economic sector could be affected by this opening salvo of ...

A trade war with our largest neighbors was averted at the last minute on Monday as President Donald Trump reached agreements ...

Traders and farmers hope that the Trump administration is using tariff threats as leverage in trade negotiations, as opposed ...

Steep tariffs risk sparking retaliatory measures that could rattle the domestic economy. It’s happened before.

President Trump recently instituted new tariffs on two allies and one adversary: 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% ...