President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

IDAHO FALLS – As the nation entered the industrial age during a time of economic depression, William McKinley felt protective tariffs were the key to a bright financial future — and voters ...

One of the least discussed reasons Donald Trump is pushing tariffs is that wide-ranging tariffs will act much like a ...

The strongest presidential tool for protective tariffs is Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the so-called “National Security” tariff authority.

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.

Protective tariffs, therefore, do not transfer income from net importers to net exporters. Instead, tariffs transfer income to protected industries by stripping income away from consumers and ...

Access to these protective tariffs was available to any company or group that met congressionally mandated tests for what constitutes unfair trade practices and the resulting injuries.

Tariffs have been a trade tool for hundreds of years, shaping history as they’re implemented and repealed. Below, we’ll go over the tariffs that changed history the most. This list also gives ...

The Tariff Act of 1930, popularly known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, levied protective tariffs on about 800 to 900 different types of goods, accounting for about 25% of all goods imported to the U ...

The Tariff Act of 1930, popularly known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, levied protective tariffs on about 800 to 900 different types of goods, accounting for about 25% of all goods imported to the U ...

President-elect Trump wants to take on the “administrative state” that did so much to hinder his first term. Yet one of his first proposals — to raise tariffs on Chinese and other imported ...