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Markets rally as Trump pauses tariffs. Should presidents have this much power?
Last week, President Donald Trump imposed double-digit tariffs on imports from nearly every nation on the planet. The move spooked investors, and the markets plummeted in response. Then this week, Trump announced a 90-day…
Fox News chryon touts ‘Trump’s Manly Tariffs’ amid market turmoil
The manufactured pause: Yesterday, news spread that the Trump administration was considering a 90-day pause to its implementation of the most massive round of tariffs, currently set to go into effect tomorrow. The market…
Can anyone stop Trump’s tariffs?
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the economic and political fallout from President Donald Trump's new tariffs. They debate…
Newsmax Emerges as a Formidable Fox Rival on Wall Street
Conservative media outlet Newsmax took center stage last week as CEO Christopher Ruddy rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, marking a major milestone for the news company. In a feature last week, Britain’s…
It’s not just the stock market that’s in trouble
President Donald Trump's tariffs vaporized $6 trillion in value from the stock market in just two days of trading last week—and the bloodbath continued on Monday morning. Here's the bad news: That's not the end…
Global stock selloff continues as Trump signals no change in his tariff policy
Three-day selloff continues: "The carnage in financial markets worsened on Monday with stressed-out investors abandoning hopes that President Donald Trump would change his tariff policy," reports Bloomberg.…
Trump’s tariff announcement sparks global stock sell-off, Chinese retaliation
Why does free trade matter? "Trade has undeniable human costs—dislocated and unemployed workers, some of whom struggle to find dignified ways to support themselves and who may be left with dreary lives without…
Is Trump’s trade war causing a recession?
Any hope of robust economic growth resulting from unleashing energy abundance, deregulating the private sector economy, or pro-growth tax policy may now be doused by the economic fallout of a pointless trade war. It started…
It’s Trump’s economy now
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the frantic uncertainty in the economy due to President Donald Trump's various tariff…
Trump’s trade war with Canada and Mexico is all costs, no benefits
Amid this week's escalation of a North American trade war, the stock market has been sending a clear signal: Stop doing this. Stocks rise and fall for a wide variety of reasons, of course, but this week's downward…
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