'Even After Trump's Concessions, US Tariffs Are at Their Highest Since the 1930s'

'Even after Trump's concessions, US tariffs are at their highest since the 1930s'

Donald Trump has backed down to China and offered concessions to the United Kingdom, yet US tariffs have still risen from 2.5% to an average of 14%, analyzes Eric Albert, a journalist at "Le Monde," in his column.

A Look at Trump’s Tariffs So Far

President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping tariff agenda since taking office, kickstarting an effort to reset trade relations with most countries. The tariffs, he says, are meant to get the country back on an even playing field with trading partners that have for years put up barriers on goods from the United States. His 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs in April has led to trade negotiations with scores of nations. Separately, the United S…

Landmark trade court suit could nullify Trump’s global tariffs – Moonstone Information Refinery

A landmark lawsuit filed in the US Court of International Trade challenges President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping global tariffs. The case could fundamentally alter Trump’s ability to enact his aggressive tariff agenda, potentially stripping him of the authority to use the IEEPA for such measures and forcing the removal of existing tariffs. The IEEPA, enacted in 1977, empowers t…

On US tariffs, we can't have our cake and eat it

Sunday Standard On US tariffs, we can’t have our cake and eat it We live in very interesting times, especially since Donald Trump was overwhelmingly re-elected to the White House in 2024 as the president of the United States of America. Among his detractors, there is now a reflexive response to whatever Donald Trump says. If, for argument’s sake, he were to say that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, there would be a lot of pandemon…