Donald Trump has run out of patience with Brussels. Effective June 1st, the president announced via Truth Social that tariffs on imports from the European Union will rise to a staggering 50 percent. Did EU bureaucrats really believe they could…
America is in the midst of a divisive argument regarding Donald Trump’s use of tariffs to reduce our trade deficit with other countries — the controversy began when the president first mentioned his intent to employ them. Specifically, the discourse…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump unburdens himself with many unusual social media posts, but a recent one should be an eye-opener for Republicans who still believe the president is carrying on the free-market traditions of GOP politicians since Ronald Reagan. “Walmart…
Despite their recent breakthrough, U.S.–China trade negotiations should end with America’s strategic decoupling from China. This is not simply in the Trump administration’s interests, but America’s. Only by eliminating our nation’s strategic overreliance on our biggest adversary can the U.S….
The much-touted trade “deal” with the United Kingdom announced on Thursday leaves much to be desired. Although Trump’s inner circle touts the deal as “a great trade agreement” and a “breakthrough,” most Americans will be left worse off than before…
President Trump’s “Economic Prosperity Deal” with the United Kingdom is a calculated, pro-American trade breakthrough. The agreement delivers over $5 billion in new export opportunities for U.S. producers, specifically benefiting the industries that form the backbone of this country: agriculture, manufacturing,…
Monday saw a seismic economic shift courtesy of an executive order by President Trump cramming down the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs. President Donald Trump declared Monday that the U.S. “will no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from Big…
China is escalating its trade war with the United States to dangerous new heights: a ban on rare earth exports is putting global supply chains under extreme pressure. Is Beijing overestimating its economic resilience? The U.S. and China are locked…
What would have happened had the North not waged war against the South over slavery? Many historians have pondered this question, but to Professor Qin Hui, a prominent Chinese economic historian, a likely outcome is that the South would have…
