Real World Economics: The flaws in Trump’s ‘liberation’ reasoning on tariffs

Real World Economics: The flaws in Trump’s ‘liberation’ reasoning on tariffs

Edward Lotterman For older Europeans, “liberation day” was the jubilant one when allied soldiers ended brutal occupation. We in the United States won’t remember April 2, 2025, that way. It is hard to remember when a major economy took such a wrong turn based on such a false premise. But since we did that, let’s understand some key things: First, as with military conflicts, trade wars seldom turn out the way people who start them expect. In Augus…

Commentary: Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Can Create 15 Million Jobs - The Minnesota Sun

Liberation Day is upon us. April 2 will go down in history as the day America freed itself from the shackles of economic globalism—a failed experiment that cost America millions of jobs, depressed wages, and endangered our national security.

Trump’s Tariffs Will Eventually Bring Down Prices

On April 2, Liberation Day, President Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs across the board. The President noted that they were “kind” tariffs, since they were only half the rate that American produce

Trump’s ‘kind’ tariffs could bring millions of jobs back home

On April 2 — Liberation Day — President Donald Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs, describing them as “kind” to foreign countries. Why? Because they were half the rate of foreign tariffs. — (@) Many were surprised by this. If tariffs are good, then more must be better, right? Why not raise them to match the foreign tariffs? America has embraced the globalist experiment and paid the price. Trump’s “kind” tariffs serve a deeper strateg…

How Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Can Create 15 Million Jobs › American Greatness

Liberation Day is upon us. April 2 will go down in history as the day America freed itself from the shackles of economic globalism—a failed experiment that cost…

Trump has announced his plan to impose taxes on virtually every country. Although he denounced that we do not live in a world with free trade and that countries should withdraw their tariffs to the United States, the consequences of this decision are virtually unpredictable.