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 prosperity ...

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 ...

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 ...

Business groups and union leaders across Canada blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war Tuesday, calling it “self-defeating” and “shocking”.

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.