Showing posts with label Tariffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tariffs. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2026

The Steep Costs of Trump Expanding Tariff Power Under Section 301

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Section 301 wasn't supposed to be a presidential blank check. Yet that's increasingly how it has been used.  The latest lawsuit  cha...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

The Sanctioning Russia Act Won't Stop Putin, But the Tariffs Will Expand Presidential Power

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western governments responded with one of the most sweeping sanctions regimes in modern history. At the...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Trump's Tomato Tax: A Tariff With Predictable Outcomes

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If your grocery bill is higher than usual, one place to look is tomatoes. The price of tomatoes is up 23 percent compared to last year (see...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Trump's Tariff Exemptions Are Harmful Protectionism with More Holes than Swiss Cheese

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Tariffs have been a staple of Trump's trade policy in both of his presidential terms. When politicians propose a tariff, they make it so...
Friday, April 17, 2026

The Fed Finds That Trump's Tariffs Are Propping Up Inflation

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In the United States, we have been told a simple story about inflation: the pandemic hit, the government intervened, and prices went up. As ...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs: Why SCOTUS Didn't Add $2.4T to the Debt

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Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) announced a much-awaited decision. In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS declared that Trump's tariffs un...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

2/12/2026 Hodgepodge: Interest on Debt, Who Pays for Trump's Tariffs, and National Guard Costs

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This has been quite a busy week for me personally. I wanted to make sure that I got in two entries in this week, so I want to give a grab ba...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Trump's Tariffs Are Helping Push U.S. Allies into China's Arms and Undermining National Security

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Last week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is the first time a British PM visited since 2018...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Americans Pay, Trump Tariffs Stay: New Study Confirms Why Tariffs Are Ridiculous

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From tomatoes and furniture to automobiles and movies , the U.S. tariff regime has expanded dramatically under President Trump's seco...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Paying Americans to Pay More: The Economic Nonsense of Trump’s Tariff Dividend Plan

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Very few things can be more alluring to voters than "free" money. Whether it is  COVID-era stimulus checks , student loan forgiven...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

From Furniture to Semi-Trucks: When "National Security" Tariffs Go Wild

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When you think about a country beefing up its national security, you might think about missiles, tanks, submarines, or cyber defense. For Tr...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Trump's Tariff Mirage: His Tax Plan to Replace Income Tax With Tariffs Does Not Add Up

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President Trump is clearly not happy with the way his legal case for the "Liberation Day" tariffs is going. Yesterday, Trump said ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Liberation Day Tariffs? More Like Economic Captivity Threatening the U.S.' Economic Future

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Since the beginning of his second term, President Trump has aggressively pursued tariffs. He implemented tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexic...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Making Tomatoes Expensive Again: How Trump's Tomato Tariffs Will Squeeze Your Wallet

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From salsa and salads to ketchup and tomato sauce, tomatoes are one of the most consumed produce items in the United States. While tomatoes...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Trump Telling Walmart to "Eat the Tariffs" Acknowledges That His Tariffs Ultimately Hurt the American People

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President Trump's tariff tantrums continue. After weeks of duking it out with China on tariffs, Trump went on a rant about Walmart and t...
Thursday, May 8, 2025

The Movie Industry Needs More Market Competition, Not Trump's Tariffs on Foreign Film Production

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Lights, camera, and tariffs! On part of his tariff binge, President Trump has announced a new proposed tariff: a 100 percent tariff on any m...