After the 1929 crash, Herbert Hoover tried to protect American industries by signing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which sharply raised tariffs to a level not seen since 1828. The result was ...

Trump has falsely, and repeatedly, claimed that China – not US importers – pay the tariff. At a rally in Arizona in mid-August, he claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic ...

CNBC's Jim Cramer criticizes Trump's tariff proposal, warning of potential inflationary effects. He also jokes about Trump's inspiration from the Broadway show 'Hamilton'.

Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to make it too costly for countries to shift away from using the US dollar, adding a new pillar to his tariff platform. “You leave the dollar and you’re not ...

Former President Trump doubled down on his pledge to increase tariffs on imported goods as he and Vice President Harris began Tuesday’s presidential debate by focusing on economic policy.

Last night, former President Trump began by defending his aggressive tariff policies both from his first term and what he would do if he wins again. That includes a 10 to 20 percent tariff on all ...

Those importers, often U.S.-based companies, pay the tariff and typically pass the expense down the line to the consumer through higher prices. While tariffs are technically considered taxes ...

The former president has proposed using tariffs to fund child care, boost manufacturing, quell immigration and encourage use of the dollar. Economists are skeptical. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson ...

It’s a dangerous path.” Some critics have expressed concern that the global economy is headed back to the era of steep trade restrictions that followed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, when other ...

USTR maintains tariffs of 100% on Chinese EVs, 50% on chips, 25% on batteries, steel USTR doubles duties on Chinese face masks, surgical gloves, syringes China tariff exclusions added on five ...

The U.S. government on Friday officially cleared tariff increases on billions of dollars of Chinese goods, adding that they would go into effect on or after September 27. The office of the United ...