by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Trump’s best issue is regulation. His worst issue is trade. Sadly, we’re going to look the latter topic today’s column. It’s the one-year anniversary of his disastrous “Liberation Day” trade taxes, so let’s investigate what’s happened since that...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Last year, as part of a series on the additional reforms Milei needs to enact in Argentina, I shared this video on reducing protectionism. Since the video was only one-minute long, there was no chance to provide details. But at the conference in Buenos Aires...
by Brian Garst | Feb 24, 2026 | Blogs, Trade
It was widely assumed that, were SCOTUS to rightfully strike down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs (including those from his “Liberation Day”) as illegal executive overreach, the President would respond by reconstituting much of his protectionist tariff regime...
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...
