Tariffs: What are they good for?

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In a history-making day of tariffs, President Trump imposed charges of at least 10 percent on nearly all of America’s trading partners.

Ana Swanson, who covers trade for The Times, discusses who will be affected most and looks at how the levies effectively ended one era ...

President-elect Donald Trump has just announced “Day 1” tariffs on Mexico and Canada, in addition to previously promised tariffs on China. Tariffs will definitely affect domestic prices, but how much, and will they truly cause catastrophic inflation? Today on the show, guest h ...

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Tariffs have historically been an important tool of industrial policy. They were used in the last century by east Asian nations to promote infant industries, and are being used today by the EU to help spur the energy transition. But do Donald Trump’s threats to impose a 25% ac ...