The Economic Populist: Trump Backs Down on Greenland Tariffs
January 23, 2026
By Katie Hettinga Last week, Trump threatened tariffs of up to 25% on seven European countries and the United Kingdom unless and until the United
By Katie Hettinga Last week, Trump threatened tariffs of up to 25% on seven European countries and the United Kingdom unless and until the United
By Katie Hettinga Trump’s incursion into Venezuela last week added a military angle to what is shaping up to be the president’s signature commercial policy:
By Lori Wallach South Korea is a perverse country to target with claims that countries’ existing and proposed domestic anti-monopoly and competition policies “discriminate” against
By Katie Hettinga Trump has made repeated promises that his policies would quickly rebalance U.S. trade, rebuild American manufacturing, and generate an industrial jobs boom.
By Katie Hettinga In recent weeks, the press has been full of reports about trade announcements with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea, Switzerland, and
A ruling in Trump’s favor would be a more dramatic expansion of presidential power than all the previous extra grants of power the Supreme Court
By Katie Hettinga Trump’s fetish for announcing any deal — seemingly without care about the terms in question — have led to yet another embarrassing
By Katie Hettinga It’s Exhibit A in Trump forgetting his “America First” trade commitments: Amid a growing U.S. food trade deficit that includes a declining beef trade
By Katie Hettinga China’s announcement of broad export controls on critical minerals and rare earth magnets — and the equipment needed to process them — has the
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