President Donald Trump's use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

Trump's new 10% tariffs on Chinese imports reignite trade tensions, prompting China's swift countermeasures. This escalation ...

The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.

Those tariffs are widely credited with sinking the United States deeper into the Great Depression. And although global trade ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

However, not every action taken by President Trump is necessarily viewed as a positive by investors. With the president ...

Here’s how present events are mirroring a key point in U.S. history that led to a trade war and exacerbated the Great ...

If you want to understand the effects tariffs have had on the U.S. economy in the past, the laundry room might be a good place to start.

But Trump has a long history of tariffs involving China. He first raised tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018 and China retaliated that time too. The United States had a $270.4 billion trade deficit ...

Plus: What's the future of foreign aid after President Donald Trump moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for International ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... As tensions continue to rise, China and other countries targeted by US tariffs are preparing their responses. Canadian prime minister ...

President Trump has proposed a sweeping set of tariffs. Does this mark the end of the post-war free trade world?