Like our predecessors in 1930, we oppose the use of tariffs as a general tool for economic policy.

But economic, political and technological changes have left Canada with few ways to handle trade restrictions now.

The history of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act shows how Mr. Trump’s tariffs are likely to play out. In 1930, Utah senator Reed Smoot and Oregon representative Willis Hawley proposed a sharp ...

It’s important to remember the Canadian economy did not collapse before free trade, despite being circumvallated by tariff ...

The last time Trump was president and imposed tariffs on trading partners, expectations of future inflation were low and ...

Alan Beattie talks to Doug Irwin, economics professor at Dartmouth College and the author of several books on trade ...

Among the most infamous examples is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which exacerbated an already dire economic situation. Implemented to protect American farmers and manufacturers, the tariff ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, during the Great Depression, shaped how U.S. industries developed, and not only for the ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 kneecapped America's ability to escape the Great Depression, and today's trade wars look ...

It's a newer, faster version of The Express, and we break down the path of economic policies promised by the incoming Trump administration, including what's likely to happen, and what might get ...