Trump starts a trade war, slaps tariffs on the world and wants to tax the rich. Who is this guy? He sure doesn't sound like a ...

Tariff critics have shared on social media a November 1988 video clip of President Ronald Reagan calling Smoot-Hawley "a ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ineffective, but counterproductive. In a world where value chains are ...

Carey Stewart Cezar, a retired nurse who lives in Baltimore, watched with dismay Wednesday as President Donald Trump ...

One expert is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a trade policy that deepened ...

Tariffs now rival those of the storied Smoot-Hawley Act that prompted massive retaliations and a global trade war in the ...

For many years, tariffs were viewed favorably by Americans. But in the 1930s, one act of Congress changed people's minds.

The American people have long demonstrated antipathy towards tariffs and duty fees. In Boston on December 16, 1773, in ...

Republican lawmakers say there’s a good chance that President Trump’s trade war will boomerang on Republicans politically in ...

The Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes to 49.5% on 1,500-plus items. Championing the move was the “Napoleon of Protectionism,” ...

Trump's tariffs are 'every bit as high' as the Great Depression-era Smoot-Hawley Tariff widely blamed for worsening the ...

Tariffs are not just bad for American families and the national economy; tariffs are also bad for Republicans. Tariffs have ...