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The Judges Got It Wrong: Trump’s Tariffs Are Legal
The words of a 100-year-old law are clear, says Jed Rubenfeld. So why didn’t Trump’s lawyers mention it?
Jed Rubenfeld
This Week in Canada: The King’s Land Acknowledgment
Plus: Tariffs off, tariffs on. Canada’s oil goes to China. Bono loves us. And more.
Rupa Subramanya
America the Unreliable
Thanks to Trump, decision-makers in foreign capitals and corporate boardrooms have realized they can’t depend on the U.S. government. And there is no…
Yuval Levin
This Week in Canada: Trump and Carney’s Odd Bromance
A terror suspect gets house arrest at a mosque, a beautiful Golden Dome, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
Letters to the Editor: Three Reactions to Our Ode to Ozempic
Plus: a defense of good cops who see too much of what’s bad in the world, and more.
The Free Press
The Intellectual Godfathers of Protectionism
Once shunned, globalization’s doubters turned out to be right about its destructive economic and social consequences. What do they think of what Trump…
Joe Nocera
Kevin O’Leary: Tariffs on Chinese Goods Should be 400 Percent
China has never complied with the rules of international trade. It’s time to hold them accountable.
Kevin O’Leary
Niall Ferguson: Donald Trump Is Crushing His To-Do List
But is he crushing the economy in the process?
Niall Ferguson
Bari’s Picks of the Week: Storm Warnings
Under duress, I’ve been forced to pick just a handful of must-reads from the dozens of stories we’ve published this week. Take a look.
Bari Weiss
With Tariffs, It’s the Uncertainty, Stupid
‘So long as uncertainty reigns,’ said one chief executive, ‘money will stay on the sidelines.’
Peter Coy
The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a trade dispute between the East and the West escalated into the…
Eli Lake
Think You Can Guess Trump’s Next Move? Think Again.
There is no policy. No plan. No logic. There is only Donald Trump.
Matthew Continetti
China and America Agree: Apple Is Too Big to Fail
The problem with building iPhones in America isn’t that they’d be priced at $3,500 each. It’s that they wouldn’t be built at all.
Patrick McGee
China and America Aren’t Just in a Trade War. It’s a Fight for the 21st Century.
Xi and Trump are now in a zero-sum contest for global supremacy.
Matt Pottinger and Liza Tobin
Wall Street Is Panicking. But Lloyd Blankfein Isn’t Sweating It.
‘I think some of these things need to be done. I just think we shouldn’t run the risk of the chaos that would push ourselves into recession.’
Bari Weiss
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Why Congress Won’t Stop Tariffs
Trump’s tariff edicts are a sign of how far the United States’ political reality has strayed from its constitutional design.
Charles Lane
Working-Class Americans—Like My Family—Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariffs
My hometown was wrecked by deindustrialization. These tariffs will only make things worse.
River Page
Jed Rubenfeld: Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?
The president’s economic policies could soon be challenged in court. But do the president’s opponents have a chance?
Jed Rubenfeld
Trump Isn’t the First President to Blow Up the Trading System
Can the 47th president avoid the same fate as Richard Nixon?
Matthew Continetti
Tyler Cowen: A Contagion of Uncertainty
Even if the White House ultimately lands on a better policy, this volatility may plunge us into a recession.
Tyler Cowen
Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War
Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans.
Victor Davis Hanson
Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Tariffs and the End of American Empire
The president stands as much chance of reindustrializing the U.S. as you do of getting your frozen laptop to work by smashing the motherboard with a…
Niall Ferguson
What Do American Steelworkers Think About Trump’s Tariffs?
Big levies on steel exports may be ‘phenomenal’ for the industry, but workers also expect ‘some pain before you have good.’
Ethan Dodd
Garment District Owners: Trump’s Tariffs ‘Going to Be a Killer’
‘The price is going to be so high, it’s not going to be easy to sell to customers. How do you explain a 20 or 30 percent change?’
Olivia Reingold
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