When Regulation Becomes a Trade War
The latest threat from Donald Trump to impose additional tariffs on European goods marks a significant escalation in the transformation of trade policy into an...
Tag: Section 301
Tariffs Are No Longer About China
The latest increase in US tariffs on Chinese imports appears, at first sight, almost anticlimactic. The Trump administration has raised the effective tariff on Chinese...
The Tariff King Meets the Law
Donald Trump’s tariff empire has suffered another judicial humiliation. A federal trade court has ruled that his global 10% tariffs were illegal, cutting into one...
Tariff Shock Doctrine
When the courts close one door, this White House builds three more. After the Supreme Court struck down last week the country-specific emergency tariffs imposed...
Supreme Court Scepticism on Tariffs Leaves Everyone in Limbo
President Donald Trump’s fondness for sweeping tariff powers met a wall of sceptical questions at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, hinting that the justices may...