President Trump recently instituted new tariffs on two allies and one adversary: 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% ...

Soon after the first major protective tariff was enacted on a range of products (from pig iron to rope to woolen goods), a logroll formed that joined the Northeast and Midwest against the South.

They have provided both positive and negative results. Madison signed the first protective tariff in American history. The Tariff of 1816 placed a tax on imported goods, protecting American ...