The Economic Populist: De minimis loophole closing permanently?
By Kainoa Lowman When Rethink Trade launched, one of our first efforts was trying to close the de minimis loophole, the provision ...
The Economic Populist: De Minimis Loophole Again Closed for Chinese Imports, but Enforcement Issues Remain
By Katie Hettinga At 12:01am this morning, the Trump administration ended de minimis duty-free access for low-value imports from China. Closing the de ...
The Economic Populist: Monopolies Could Take Advantage of Trump’s Tariffs to Hurt Small Businesses and Consumers
By Kainoa Lowman As Trump’s chaotic tariff announcements begin to impact global supply chains, Research Director Matt Stoller wrote an ...
The Economic Populist: To Make Medicine in America Again, We Need Smart Policy and Strong Institutions by Sally Hubbard
By Sally Hubbard, Senior Fellow, American Economic Liberties Project In the wake of the economic turmoil caused by the Trump ...
The Economic Populist: Tariff exemptions and more
By Kainoa Lowman Last week, President Trump added products to the list of exclusions from the still-standing 10% April 2 tariffs ...
The Economic Populist: Trump’s tariffs unveiled
Tariffs are a policy tool—one that can be useful when combined with other policies to strengthen our national resilience and ...