Understanding who will end up paying for the higher costs means understanding how manufacturing, trade and supply chains function — and how costs build along each step of the complex process. Take ...

Tariffs typically come in the form of taxes or duties levied on importers, and they're eventually passed on to consumers. They're commonly used in international trade as a protectionist measure.

Although tariffs are a bane to most economists, they are a widely used as a tool for regulating international trade and for shielding domestic industries from foreign competition. At the simplest ...

President Donald Trump is planning to levy new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Those countries are big international trade partners for many US states. Trump said on Thursday the "massive ...

And while many in his home country are celebrating the news, international governments remain nervous over his proposed trade tariffs. And with good reason. “President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed ...

Although tariffs are a bane to most economists, they are a widely used as a tool for regulating international trade and for shielding domestic industries from foreign competition. At the simplest ...