Populists cherry pick the data to support their claim that tariffs will bring manufacturing back.

The United States is about to plunge into recession, pulling much of the world down with it. The tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on April 2 will reverse decades of rising wealth based on ...

The commentary class is protesting. The New York Post is clamoring for Trump to turn off the tariffs. The Wall Street Journal ...

Both approaches offer unique advantages. Protectionism provides temporary shelter for vulnerable industries; free trade drives innovation and greater shared prosperity. Evidence suggests that ...

From early in World War II, the United States led a broad movement toward freer trade that has been the foundation of our ...

While wealthier countries tend to impose lower official tariffs, Trump is right that they often use other policies that ...

An era of free trade ends, as President Donald Trump slaps tariffs on imported goods. What does the varied history of trade policy suggest we should expect?

I believe in the protective tariff policy and know we will be calling for its saving Americanism again,” stated President ...

Xi also denounces ‘unilateralism and protectionism’ — without, of course, hinting at what China’s been doing for years to ...

E very free trader has heard it: Sure, we’d all love for there to be free trade, sounds nice in theory, but in the real world it can’t happen. Supposedly free trade is a utopian position, and ...

Trump’s tariff war is chaotic, but there is no way out of neoliberal globalization without some form of protectionism.

Tariffs sound plausible until they are tried. Most of us start life with anti-free trade instincts. I certainly did. Protectionism accords with our intuitions. It rests on a series of gut feelings ...