The last time the U.S. introduced sweeping taxes on imports was in 1930’s Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Here's what happened to ...

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History shows that higher tariffs have been painful for the stock markets to digest, but President-elect Donald Trump's stand ...

This is not the first time Canada has faced the threat of an economic crisis stemming from protectionist U.S. policy.

The consensus reaction to Donald Trump’s announcement of what history is bound to call the Trump tariff, to go along with the ...

In 1930, U.S. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, with the hopes of calming the great depression, and to raise more ...

Donald Trump's proposed tariffs could have sweeping, global repercussions. What would the tariffs and responses mean for the global economy?

The US president-elect said he would sign an executive order for a 25% tariff - or tax on imports - on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico, to get both countries to crack down on illegal ...

The 1986 classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" includes a prescient economics lesson amid Donald Trump's tariff plans.

It is ironic that some of the first to feel the sting of his second term may be among his strongest supporters: American ...

One indication of how integrated America is with the rest of the world economy is the fact that exports currently constitute around 11 percent of the economy.

This was exemplified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, which sought to lower tariffs and promote ...