Following World War II, the U.S. decisively shifted away from tariffs. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was widely blamed for deepening the Great Depression and contributing to the international conflicts ...

Donald Trump's first White House term saw a bruising trade war with China that left a lingering impact on farmers -- and many ...

President Trump is readying the most extensive tariffs in nearly a century, but some of those historic levies will likely be ...

President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose a blanket tariff of up to 20% on imports and up to 60% or 100% on goods brought ...

Not until 1816 was a tariff enacted with any serious protectionist intent, according to Dartmouth economist Douglas Irwin. Protectionism peaked in 1828 with what came to be known as the Tariff of ...

Donald Trump promised tariffs to punish foreign manufacturers, but who actually pays the tariffs on imported goods? It's not ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to impose a universal 10% tariff on imports and 60% on Chinese goods is likely only a ...

Read more. A tariff is a tax levied on imported goods when they enter the country. It could be calculated as a fixed amount or a percentage of the price of the goods it’s applied to. The ...

“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 ...

Trump has repeatedly said he plans to impose an across-the-board tariff of either 10% or 20% on every import coming into the US, as well as a tariff upward of 60% on all Chinese imports ...

Clay, who first referred to the American System by name, and his allies were instrumental in raising average national tariff rates to 20% in 1816. When crisis appeared during the Panic of 1819 ...