Trade
Europe, You Can’t Sit on the Sidelines Anymore
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Is Trump the Most Honest Politician in Washington?
It’s been 15 days since “Liberation Day,” the day President Donald Trump announced a slew of tariffs on foreign goods. After unexpected movement in the bond market—bond yields rose rather than fell—Trump announced a 90-day…
Tariff Announcements Are Bad. Unless They’re Good
When President Donald Trump made his Liberation Day announcements, his harshest critics immediately declared him an economic arsonist playing with fire he didn’t understand, while his strongest acolytes insisted he was 10…
Tariffs, China and Pronouns | Power Line
I was on the Outsiders program on Sky News Australia tonight, and they have posted the video on YouTube. The Outsiders crew has gotten very popular in the U.S. as well as in Australia, and it is fun for me to be part of their…
There Are Better Alternatives to Tariffs for Reindustrializing America
Today’s tariff rumbles have stirred a fascinating debate among conservatives who otherwise travel harmoniously aboard the Trump Train. Some consider tariffs an end, not a means. They argue that tariffs could generate $600…
Gen Z Advocates for Tariffs to Protect Jobs
Let’s not sugarcoat it: America has been getting played for decades. Our jobs? Shipped overseas. Our factories? Boarded up. Our communities? Hollowed out. And the worst part? The very people who sold us out to China still…
Congress Must Assist Trump and Deliver on Taxes and Regulations
President Donald Trump announced historic tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—to ensure that America is no longer “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered” by other nations. On Wednesday, the president announced a 90-day pause…
Four-Dimensional Chess? | Power Line
After President Trump (of whom, commenters take note, I am a great fan) announced an incoherent and indefensible tariff war against pretty much the whole world, the financial markets tanked. Something like $7 trillion or $8…
7 Tools Trump Can Use to Win Chinese Trade War
Beijing’s latest retaliatory tariffs—now at 84%—reveal a familiar hypocrisy: the world’s most notorious trade abuser crying foul when held accountable. In response, President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese goods…
Norquist Sought to Urge Congress to Extend Trump’s ’17 Tax Cuts
Minutes after President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs he had imposed, Washington’s most prominent tax-cut advocates cheered the dramatic reversal. President Donald Trump announced on…
