Welcome back to the The Economic Populist’s Weekly Rewind. Every Friday, we’ll briefly recap the week’s biggest news, updates, and developments the in fight against corporate power.
By Katie Hettinga This week, days before the highest “liberation day” tariffs were slated to kick back in, President Trump again punted his own self-imposed
By Katie Hettinga This week, days before the highest “liberation day” tariffs were slated to kick back in, President Trump again punted his own self-imposed
By Lori Wallach, Director, Rethink Trade The Trump tariff rollercoaster hit a new loop-de-loop in late May as federal courts invalidated some Trump tariffs, and
By Katie Hettinga On Wednesday, May 28, the U.S. Court of International Trade (USCIT) ruled that tariffs President Trump imposed using the International Economic Emergency
By Katie Hettinga “I’ve made 200 deals,” Trump said in his TIME “100 Days” interview when asked about negotiations over the highest tariffs he imposed on scores of countries.
De minimis loophole closing permanently? When Rethink Trade launched, one of our first efforts was trying to close the de minimis loophole, the provision that allows goods
Lori Wallach American Economic Liberties Project Director, Rethink Trade Program A 30-year veteran of congressional trade battles, Wallach has been a prominent opponent of what
Lori Wallach was into tariffs before they were cool, and she was still into them when they became uncool again. She cut her teeth fighting alongside
De Minimis Loophole Again Closed for Chinese Imports, but Enforcement Issues Remain At 12:01am this morning, the Trump administration ended de minimis duty-free access for low-value imports
