Understanding the Effects of Tariffs

Understanding the Effects of Tariffs By Kyle Pomerleau | Erica York Abstract We provide an overview of the major implications of tariffs on the economy, federal revenue, and households. Tariffs do not directly affect the trade deficit, which is driven by net lending...

Tariff Trouble

Kevin Corinth  and Stan Veuger at AEI: The tariff the United States is placing on other countries is equal to the US trade deficit divided by US imports from a given country, divided by two, or 10 percent, whichever rate is higher. So even if the United States has no...

The Lesson of the Pencil

New tariffs will increase the price of US-made cars because their parts come from other countries.  It’s not a new phenomenon, as Milton Friedman once explained with a pencil.  

Stopping Time to Keep Tariffs

In 1987, Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) created a new day in order to rush passage of a bill. Philip Wallach at The American Interest: Most dramatically, as Wright sought to push through a revenue-positive reconciliation bill following “Black Monday” in October 1987, his...