Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday he was determined to protect his country's national interests as ...

Both men saw tariffs as a source of income for the U.S. and both became enamored of high protective tariffs in their 30s. For McKinley, it happened at age 34, upon entering Congress on advice from ...

Judge Corley did not delve into the merits of California's lawsuit against Trump's tariffs. Legal experts expect the Supreme Court to ultimately decide the legality of the tariffs. NEW YORK − A ...

Tariffs, of course, are taxes that importers pay to the U.S. government. It is inarguably up to Congress to create tariffs and set their level.

The Tariff Act of 1789 listed specific tariff rates on dozens and dozens of products: cheese, 4 cents per pound; boots, fifty cents per pair; coffee, two and a half cents per pound.

In 1816 Congress approved the first protective tariff, the Dallas Tariff at 20% to help pay off the debt from the War of 1812. They also wanted to level the playing field between English manufacturing ...

Expect to see the new protective tariffs, specifically those on Chinese imports, help level the playing field for American businesses and contribute to a renewed American economy.

Customs duties totaled $16.3 billion last month, nearly double the $8.2 billion brought in for March as President Donald Trump’s sweeping protective tariffs took effect. Trump slapped at least ...

Subsequently, the tariff was raised again in 1816 to an average of 35%, further increased to an average of 40% by 1820. Chang noted that Hamilton’s infant industry program led to rapid industrial ...

For Wilson, prioritizing tariff reduction had been the work of a lifetime. As a southerner raised in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas, he was steeped in anti-tariff tradition.

The closest historical precedent to the current tariff situation is the infamous Smoot Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which levied protective tariffs on ~900 imported goods, accounting for about 25% ...