Trade tariffs are back - reshaping markets and raising critical questions for investors. Tariffs are widely regarded as ...

Tariffs must enforce American laws and standards when other countries undercut them in the course of producing imports.

U.S.-China trade talks in Geneva resulted in a temporary slash of tariff rates, but the ripple effect of this tit-for-tat ...

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a new tariff regime under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”), citing national security concerns. This regime ...

Amazon and Spotify – launched Federal Court challenges to how the regulator is implementing the Online Streaming Act. Mr. Trump’s tariff threat prompted calls from within Canada’s film ...

McKinley, as Head of the Ways and Means Committee in Congress, pushed through the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. That helped trigger the major recession of 1893. Later as president, he pretty much ...

From the Tariff Act of 1789, passed by the First Congress, to the Tariff of Abominations passed in 1828, to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff passed in 1930, it has always been understood that the ...

The White House has accused Amazon of a “hostile and political act” over reports it plans to show customers the cost of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Two protectionist episodes — the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trump-era tariffs of today — offer a striking example. Both emerged from economic nostalgia and fear of change ...

The confusion initially prompted a 2% drop in Amazon shares after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the reported pricing plan "a hostile and political act by Amazon." Amazon ...

"This is a hostile and political act by Amazon," Press Secretary Karoline ... After taking office in January, Trump slapped a 10 percent baseline tariff on most countries, along with higher ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing a report that Amazon plans to display tariff charges on imported goods, called the move "a hostile and political act." The e-commerce giant ...