How tariffs make us poorer: chicken and truck edition
The tariffs governments impose on imported goods are really taxes on consumers. That’s never how they are sold to the public of course. In that telling, tariffs are to protect…
America’s sugar cartel thrives thanks to government
Tariffs are a time-honored way for government to offer “protection” to a select group of companies who are then able to operate with little to no competition in the domestic…
The long term damage tariffs inflict on American workers and companies
One thing the Biden administration has in common with the Trump administration is tariffs. Trump slapped tariffs on a numbers of goods from different nations – and Biden has shown…
The tariffs and other government distortions embedded in the Biden infrastructure package
The Biden administration’s infrastructure bill is supposed to bring new roads, bridges, fiber optic cable, and much more to a nation supposedly starved for all of it. But as we…
About those solar panel tariffs
The story of solar power companies asking the federal government to extend tariffs on foreign solar panels – in the name of national security, among other items – got our…
Time to end the solar panel tariffs
One sign of an industry nearing maturity is its growing desire for government help, be it in the form of subsidies to plug the holes in its balance sheet, or…
Democrats reveal their green protectionist tax
Following the lead of European Union bureaucrats, Senate Democrats have unveiled their proposal to impose a green tariff on certain “carbon-intensive” products. According to Axios: The border carbon adjustment, or…
The Green Tariff Racket
Governments are always on the lookout for new ways to generate revenue. One of the newest: slapping tariffs on foreign goods unless producers meet certain specific rules and regulations on…
China Slaps The US With New Tariffs
Article from The Hill by Brett Samuels. China announced Sunday that it is implementing new tariffs on more than 120 U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s recent decision to increase…
