Populists cherry pick the data to support their claim that tariffs will bring manufacturing back.

An era of free trade ends, as President Donald Trump slaps tariffs on imported goods. What does the varied history of trade ...

The United States is about to plunge into recession, pulling much of the world down with it. The tariffs announced by ...

Protectionism is alive and well — especially in the United States, where tariffs have become the cause célèbre of economic policy debates.

TS Lombard economist Steven Blitz argues that how other countries respond to the US tariff onslaught will show how committed ...

However, the US has had its fair share of oscillation between free trade and protectionism throughout history. Officially there was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930) otherwise known as the United ...

That is, President Trump’s newly launched trade war against the world is expected to be more than twice as expensive as the ...

Nigeria’s security issues have led to even stricter border regulation, which it fears the AfCFTA might undermine.

Instead of antagonizing world leaders, perhaps President Donald Trump should consider emulating some of them. There are few ...

Britain has probably been the only country in history to regard import tariffs as a moral issue. For Victorians, “free trade” ...