What we need for the long-term are sensible and predictable policies that allow farmers and other business leaders who rely on international commerce to make plans for growth and prosperity in the ...

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President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

President Trump likes to remember William McKinley's tariffs as a triumph. The reality is far more complicated.

President Donald Trump has been invoking the memory of late 19th century U.S. President William Mckinley, and this week he ...

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...

Using tariffs to balance trade is a falsely founded idea. The US' trade deficit with China has declined since 2018, but its ...

Trump’s 2024 campaign promised tariffs. True to his word, he is rolling out new tariffs on long-standing allies in addition to adversaries.

When he met with reporters in the Oval Office last month, President Donald Trump was asked if there was anything Canada, Mexico or China could do to avert the punitive ...

In 1891, Sir Wilfrid Laurier challenged the National Policy in favour of freer trade, but when in office, he kept the tariffs — though without the rhetorical emphasis. In 1911, Laurier advocated ...

Trump says America was at its richest in the late 1800s. Here are the facts. The president recently said: 'We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913. That's when we were a tariff country.' As President ...