President Donald Trump's use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.

A Darden School of Business expert says tariffs threatened against Mexico, Canada and China would likely hike costs for U.S.

Here’s how present events are mirroring a key point in U.S. history that led to a trade war and exacerbated the Great ...

Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

President Donald Trump in his inaugural speech credited President William McKinley for making the United States “very rich” ...

Clearly, the tools of global trade policy are back in the hands of the master of "The Art of the Deal," but what’s less clear ...

Importantly, Trump has a history of threatening tariffs, only to later rescind them. Last week, for example, he announced steep tariffs on Colombia in retaliation for failing to accept US miliary ...

President Donald Trump announced that he’s pausing tariffs on Mexico and Canada after speaking to leaders of both countries ...