This is part 1 of Ben Inker's article that looks at the economics of trade and tariffs and explains why tariffs are likely to be needlessly economically expensive.

President Donald Trump’s economic policy, including tariffs, has contributed to U.S. stock market plunges while international ...

President Trump discussed tariffs at a meeting of Cabinet secretaries Wednesday. (Al Drago-Pool/Zuma Press) The U.S. is considering 25% tariffs on the European Union, President Trump said at the ...

Calculate the new price of a US agricultural product exported to China, originally priced at $100 per unit, after a 10 per cent tariff is imposed by China (3 marks) Using a demand and supply diagram, ...

What will be the impact of Trump's tariffs on healthcare? What will this mean for patients? Where do we get our medical ...

Just hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that in three weeks, Canada will respond to America’s 25% tariffs in kind, President Donald Trump threatened to double the ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump’s tariffs on other countries are part of a “drug war,” not a “trade war.” Lutnick joined CNBC on Tuesday, just hours after Trump ...

The United States in recent years has gradually retreated from its post-World War II role of promoting global free trade and lower tariffs. That’s generally a response to the loss of U.S ...

According to data from the Perryman Group, the tariffs could lead to the loss of nearly 400,000 Texas jobs if they persist for a year – costing the state around $46 billion. However, Ray ...

Trump initially imposed a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico in February, sending sweeping concern across the nation about potential job loss and impact to certain industries, including Kentucky bourbon.

“Tomorrow — tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. And that’ll start,” Trump told reporters in the Roosevelt Room. “They’re going to have to have a tariff.”Trump has said the ...

Stocks fell sharply on Monday after President Donald Trump affirmed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, dashing investors’ hopes of a last-minute reprieve and intensifying concern that ...