While the late 18th century saw the British Empire shift away from tariff-oriented protectionism toward a liberal policy of free trade, the newly independent United States of America relied on ...

Photo: Steve Marcus/AP Donald Trump said recently that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary, except “faith” or “love,” and in this belief he seems consistent.

He said: "The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that the company will come into the United States and build a factory in the United States so it doesn't have to pay the tariff." Trump added ...

Trump’s plans include a general tariff on imported goods and an additional tariff specific to imports from China, one of the ...

The president-elect says that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” You may be hearing it a lot. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson is based in Washington and has covered trade during ...

“Tariff” is just one of those words that makes your eyelids feel as heavy as they did in your 9 a.m. undergraduate econ class. But if you don’t want to heed the many, many economists ...

“I’m going to inform her on day one or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on ...

Ernie Tedeschi is the director of economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University and the former chief economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under the Biden administration ...

A tariff is a tax on imported goods usually aimed at protecting local jobs and industries from foreign competition. The idea is that if foreign materials and products are more expensive ...

A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods. Tariffs are used to stabilize prices or reduce imports in an effort to support businesses at home that compete with companies abroad. “Some sectors ...