Openness and connection are central to pro-growth Up Wing economics (as outlined in this newsletter and my book The Conservative Futurist). This means using public policy to help (or at least not ...

During the European Economic Community’s eleven years of existence, no member has poured more vinegar into the wine than France. Last week, as the Common Market prepared to take the historic step of ...

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody ...

President Joe Biden recently landed a victory in panda diplomacy with the announcement that China is sending two giant pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The news generated considerable ...

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala slammed the global rise of protectionism on Thursday in Davos, while stressing that most international trade continues according to WTO rules. Since ...

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Getty Images Increased protectionism of U.S. trade policy would be extremely harmful to both the United States and to ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday warned of the risks to global trade from rising protectionism. During a visit to the Hannover Messe, a world-leading trade fair in the northern German city, ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...

Tariffs Are a Tax on Americans No Matter What the White House Says Another Attack on Federal Law Enforcement Contrived Coarseness Like Juliana Stratton’s Is Here to Stay Audio By Carbonatix Donald ...

In his recent letter (Jan. 31), Robert Lighthizer responds to our op-ed “The High Cost of the Trump-Biden Tariffs” (Jan. 18). Lacking data to support his protectionist position, Mr. Lighthizer gets ...

Donald Trump’s first-term efforts to Make America Great Again included a series of increasingly heavy tariffs on various imported goods, from aluminum to solar panels. His penalties on Chinese imports ...