Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers, argued that tariffs and other protections from foreign competition would make U.S. industries more productive and competitive. (Getty) Meissner’s new ...

It wasn't the tariffs Trump is giving too much credit to tariffs as he talks about America's strengths in the late 1800s, according to historians. "That was a period of great economic growth and ...

Tariff Man is back, and apparently more serious ... It was a dominant industry in the USA when we were an emerging market economy in the 1800s and early 1900s. But manufacturing has been in ...

He pointed to “a period of extraordinary economic transformation” in the 1800s when tariffs were much higher, as well as rapid growth in the wake of World War II when “the tariff rate on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war.

The tariffs Mr. Trump imposed in 2018-19 achieved that goal to some extent, with the Brookings Institution noting that jobs in a few industries may have rebounded, such as adding 1,800 new U.S ...

As President Donald Trump promises that more tariffs will be coming, he has pointed to history to explain his fervor for imposing taxes on imports. “We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913.