Harvard Kennedy School international trade expert Robert Lawrence discusses what higher tariffs will mean for the United ...

For many years, tariffs were viewed favorably by Americans. But in the 1930s, one act of Congress changed people's minds.

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot ...

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

The U.S. moved toward tariffs that protected U.S. workers, industry, and the environment, says one expert. Trump is undoing ...

For weeks, stock markets have been falling, and the plunge accelerated after Trump on April 2 unveiled tariffs on virtually every country ...