by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2026 | Blogs, Trade
I’m not disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Trump’s preposterous and destructive trade taxes. That was the right decision and I want to call it a libertarian legal victory. But I’m not as happy as I would like to be...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In Part I and Part II of this series, we looked at research showing that Americans are bearing the burden of Trump’s trade taxes. Those findings are a useful antidote to Trump’s silly and illiterate claim that foreign companies are swallowing the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In Part I of this series, we reviewed some new research from the New York Federal Reserve. That study showed that Americans bear about 90 percent of the burden of Trump’s Liberation Day trade taxes. Though I added my own two cents because I don’t actually care...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
This 2019 video explains uses theory and evidence to argue in favor of free trade. Are my arguments still correct? Let’s update our analysis of trade by looking specifically at the impact of Trump’s second-term...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Donald Trump, who describes himself as “Tariff Man,” recently wrote a column in defense of his protectionist trade policy for the Wall Street Journal. After reading the column, my first thought was that Trump was trying to show he is more economically...
