THE NEED to fight protectionism may well stand as one of America’s clearest and most vital national interests. From the voting booth to the country’s foreign-policy establishment, action is needed to ...

In an unusual turn in American politics, the presidential nominees of both major parties are opposing expansion of free trade in general, and President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...

"When the global market is flooded by artificially cheap Chinese products, the viability of American firms is put into question," said the Treasury Secretary on April 8, 2024, as China targets new ...

We live in a second-best world. As the U.S. imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, economists united in condemning the measures—a rare display of unity in the profession. I think as economists ...

In the wake of the deadliest U.S. fire in more than a century that has left hundreds of structures destroyed and at least $1 billion in damages, Maui faces a difficult recovery. In the weeks and ...

With the presidential election weeks away and still looking like a true toss-up, we face the very real prospect of a second Trump administration. With that in mind, it makes sense to ask how Trump's ...

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody ...

It's bad enough when politicians undermine free trade with their protectionist inclinations. But now they're endangering national security. And terrorists -- who, ironically, are embracing ...

President Donald Trump issued his executive order on regulating imports via "reciprocal tariffs" on April 2, which has been paused, substantially amended, or walked back in the two weeks since, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down protectionist state wine and liquor laws on the grounds that they illegally discriminated against out-of-state wineries and out-of-state alcohol retailers. Yet ...

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce blasted the European Union’s decision to open an investigation into the state subsidies that allow Chinese-made EVs to be sold at “artificially low” prices on the Old ...

…. if your neighbor is abusing his children and you justify the abuse of your own children by spinning a tale of how your abuse might prompt your neighbor to stop abusing his children. That was ...