Free Trade
Sen. Eric Schmitt echoes Bernie Sanders with attack on foreign worker program
Republicans increasingly seem to be taking a page from Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I–Vt.) policy playbook. Many are not only embracing economic policies that the Vermont progressive has long advocated for, like government…
Trump says tariffs make us richer. So why are countries with high tariffs poor?
After an appeals court slapped down President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose high tariffs without congressional authorization, he complained that if the import…
American manufacturing needs relief from Trump’s tariffs
The data are becoming impossible to ignore: American manufacturers desperately need relief from the very same tariffs that the Trump administration incoherently believes are helping American manufacturers. That conclusion is…
The White House says Trump’s tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That’s not even close.
The White House celebrated Labor Day by announcing that President Donald Trump's "protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S. investment." The accompanying photo refers to…
The federal circuit’s ‘radical left’ tariff decision is fundamentally conservative
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against his tariffs last week, President Donald Trump repeatedly condemned the decision, which he preposterously warned will ruin the country unless it is…
The federal circuit’s tariff ruling highlights the audacity of Trump’s power grab
In ruling against the sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump purported to impose under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did not settle the…
Help Workers by Breaking Down Barriers to Labor Mobility
Each Labor Day since 2021, I have written posts explaining how breaking down barriers to labor mobility can help many millions of workers around the world. The main points everything last year's post are just as…
Federal Circuit Rules Against Trump’s Massive IEEPA Tariffs in Our Case Challenging Them
NA Today the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against President Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs in VOS Selections v. Trump, a case filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf…
Federal Appeals Court Says Trump’s Tariffs Are Unlawful, Allows Them To Remain in Place
President Donald Trump overstepped the limits of executive authority when he used emergency powers to levy tariffs, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. That decision, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal…
How ending de minimis tariff exemptions will affect online shopping
President Donald Trump's tariff regime is making everything from American-made steel weights, imported yarn, and Amazon's "everyday essentials" more expensive while his immigration crackdown is causing…
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