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A new academic paper attempting to defend the conventional wisdom against Trump’s tariffs unwittingly made the case for them.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) weighed in on the possibility of using tariff revenue to bailout farmers by saying that “we need to do something to help the soybean farmers” since they

During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that the number one issue he has heard from his constituents is the negative impact of tariffs. Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, “Are people at home talking to you

The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term on Monday and is set to rule on several cases that will impact a wide range of highly consequential issues. 

Both President Donald Trump and socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil confirmed on Monday that they shared a phone call to discuss the deterioration of diplomatic relations between their countries, a result of Lula’s persecution of conservatives in the country.

According to data from analytics firm Kpler, Russia remained India’s top supplier of oil in September, despite heavy pressure from the United States for India to scale back its imports and choke off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s funding for his war in Ukraine.

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The government of Canada addressed the United Nations on the last day of its annual General Assembly on Monday, but leftist Prime Minister Mark Carney was notably absent, having attended as an audience member for much of last week.

The prices of goods affected by tariffs fell in August, crushing the hopes of everyone at the Cato Institute.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City on Tuesday.

Peter Navarro, senior counselor to President Donald Trump for trade and manufacturing, during a special Founders Roundtable on Breitbart Fight Club said that President Donald Trump has proven the country could use tariffs to reduce its trade deficit.

Trump’s critics insisted tariffs would be the spark that lit a global trade war. But the trade war never arrived.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an address to the nation on Sunday in which he told his citizens to stop using “foreign made” products.

Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil arrived in New York to open the U.N. General Assembly’s annual “high-level debate.”

Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil told the BBC in an interview published on Wednesday that his government would have prosecuted President Donald Trump in response to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot should it have happened in his country.

The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday that trade discussions with a U.S. delegation to New Delhi were “positive” and “forward-looking.”

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) stated that the president’s tariff policy should be given time and she thinks the interest rate cut will help and “the president needs to get some information out there

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Once again, the consumer price index has failed to deliver the tariff-inflation spiral that economists and the media have promised.

The August producer price report delivered yet another blow to the doomsayers who predicted President Donald Trump’s tariffs would ignite inflation.

Prices paid to U.S. businesses unexpectedly fell in August, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and undercutting claims that the Trump administration’s tariffs would cause inflation to pick up.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) stated that the “damage I thought that might be done by the generalized tariff, that really hasn’t panned out. So, I think, overall, the generalized 10% tariff probably is

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich traveled to New Delhi on Monday to sign a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) with Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping commanded the members of BRICS, a security and trade bloc designed to undermine the United States, on Monday to “jointly defend multilateralism” during a virtual “summit.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised President Donald Trump for imposing “secondary sanctions” on India in response to its massive purchases of Russian oil, stating in an interview this weekend that doing so was the “right idea.”

Trump’s immigration enforcement has delivered something rare in American politics: a policy that does exactly what its supporters promised.

President Donald Trump said Friday that both India and Russia appeared to be “lost” to China days after leaders from the three countries met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in China.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said that she believes the Supreme Court will end up hearing the Trump tariff case and that the high court, “will, I would think, look at the law

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book reveals the hidden mechanism dampening inflation pass-through from tariffs.

The United States is experiencing lower goods inflation than most of its international peers despite a modest recent increase, according to a new analysis from the Council of Economic Advisers that seeks to counter claims that trade policies are fueling higher prices.

The U.S. trade deficit surged in July to its highest level in four months as American businesses rushed to import goods ahead of expected tariff increases, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that American enemies are coming together, but we also see other nations being pushed away from America, and “if you put a 50% tariff on India’s

The headlines have lately been filled with stories of rising tension between the U.S. and India, sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his insistence on India cutting back its purchases of Russian oil, but Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was upbeat on Tuesday about the prospects of signing a trade deal by November.

The head of the European Parliament’s trade committee said Wednesday he has “doubts” about aspects of the EU’s trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during the legislative approval process.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) stated that if President Donald Trump is successful in his legal battle to use emergency powers to implement tariffs, then when a Democrat becomes president, “we’re going