China and the United States have resumed trade discussions following several months of disputes over tariff policy. Though disagreements remain, the two nations are seeking solutions following the reescalation of tensions. A May 12 truce paused the trade war for…
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…
Frustration is mounting in Brussels and Beijing over Donald Trump’s trade policy. The U.S. president’s tariffs have caught the elite bureaucracies off guard and exposed their own protectionist instincts. In this global power play, the United States holds the stronger…
Bryan Riley is not a fan of President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and that’s painful for him. “I want him to succeed,” Riley told me. “I work at the National Taxpayers Union.” The NTU is hardly an anti-Trump institution. But…
Europe’s business elite rarely ventures into the political arena. That changed when Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury giant LVMH and Europe’s wealthiest man, broke his silence at a Paris shareholder meeting. His sharp critique of the European Union’s handling of…
While countries worldwide begin to negotiate to end President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, China’s tariff retaliation resulted in Trump pushing additional tariffs on the country. (READ MORE: Trumping China) In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott…
Here’s a fact most journalists and the economists they interview won’t admit: No one really knows what imposing tariffs on foreign countries like there’s no tomorrow will actually do to the American and global economies. Sure, the markets are currently…
Anyone foolish enough to take seriously the rhetoric of the Democrats concerning the reciprocal tariffs announced by President Trump on “Liberation Day” will experience two sensations — dread and confusion. This unpleasant combination was inevitable due to the strident denunciation…
A tremor ripples through the world of numbers, a harbinger of a new era: The mercantilist pivot of the United States is shaking up the well-rehearsed choreography of global markets — a reordering of trade is taking shape. Power politics…
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, announced on April 2, 2025—Liberation Day—have ignited market turmoil. Stock markets are plummeting, investors are scrambling for clarity, and many well-regarded conservatives are struggling to rationalize a confounding policy supporting tariffs. Three common fallacies are emerging…
