Now a professor emerita still very engaged in trade issues, she joked that at least now her students no longer treated her lectures on the topic as “nap time.”

The president’s supporters portray him as a top dealmaker. But, at least for now, far more trading partners have gotten stiff tariffs than trade deals.

The US economy is expected to slow the rest of the year as tariffs take a bigger toll on consumers and businesses, immigration constraints intensify

Trade tensions between the US and Canada escalate as President Trump threatens a 35% tariff on Canadian goods. This move jeopardizes the USMCA and could have significant economic repercussions for both nations.

Tariffs can be inflationary if they reduce real economic output, but the size of the effect matters. Read more here.

The pause on the biggest of Trump's tariffs won't end this week, as planned, but the problems they present still loom large.

Economic growth in the Netherlands will be lower than previously expected through 2026 as tariffs imposed by the United States hit international trade, Dutch government policy adviser CPB said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union will have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Trump wielded the threat of higher tariffs for reasons unrelated to trade as soon as he returned to the White House, threatening Colombia with a 25% surcharge because it opposed the repatriation of undocumented migrants detained in the US. Colombia eventually relented.