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The United States has imposed economic sanctions on multiple countries, such as France, United Kingdom and Japan since the 1800s. Some of the most famous economic sanctions in the history of the United States of America include the Boston Tea Party against the British Parliament, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act against its trading partners and the 2002 steel tariff against China. [1]
The reaction of the financial markets to the Trump tariffs provides further proof, were it needed, of the depressing effects of the new US president’s trade policy.
He said, “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariffs’,” and “The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that the company will come into the United States.”
(The Center Square) – In line with his campaign promises, President Donald Trump has announced the imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, effective Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Tariffs have historically served a key role in the trade policy of the United States.Their purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government and to allow for import substitution industrialization (industrialization of a nation by replacing imports with domestic production) by acting as a protective barrier around infant industries. [1]
The big winners of the tariffs are some American steel- and aluminum-producing industries; some of the producers (especially small- and middle-sized ones) who are reliant on foreign inputs may struggle as a result of the tariffs. [93] [94] [95] A study of the proposal indicated that it would lead to an estimated loss of 146,000 jobs. [96]
Tariffs projected to cost $2,600 per household. A tariff is a fee on imports, which proponents believe helps domestic manufacturers. Trump has proposed a 10% to 20% tariff on all $3 trillion per ...
(review of Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy, Henry Holt, 2023, 288 pp.), Foreign Affairs, vol. 103, no. 1 (January/February 2024), pp. 150–156. Mulder, Nicholas. The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War (2022) also see online review