In a recent social media post, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan outlined ten compelling reasons against the implementation of tariffs in the United States, advocating instead for deregulation. He argues that tariffs primarily protect the domestic market but fail to significantly impact countries lik...
The investigation and tariff hikes coincided with rising trade protectionism on the part of the EU. Since January 2024, the EU has introduced at least 33 trade protection measures against China. The investigation and subsequent tariff hikes constitute an abuse of power, are unfair to Chinese comp...
“It seems an appropriate time to study what, if any, have been the macroeconomic consequences of tariffs in practice. Using a straightforward methodology to estimate flexible impulse response functions, and data that span several decades and 151 countries, this column finds that tariff increases hav...
Central banks buy gold to hedge against currency volatility and inflation in their own countries. It’s also a strategy to diversify their reserves and minimize reliance on the U.S. dollar — aka “de-dollarize” — or, in the case of countries like Russia and China, reduce the impact of...
Lunch Break: Tariffpocalypse, Day 2 Trump remains defiant amid the tariff turmoil. Aneeta Mathur-AshtonApril 4, 2025 Surprise! 228K Jobs Added in March The unexpected increase could calm markets rocked by the announcement of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. ...
However, because of the use in China, PayPal seems to be blocked by accounts, unable to make withdrawals in the domestic market and the deterrent force of credit. Many domestic traders think that "PayPal companies discriminate against Chinese sellers". ...
‘New candidate for biggest blunder’: Nicolle Wallace on the latest tariff price hikes set to hit11:12 ‘His voters will be most negatively impacted’: Trump unable to run from his own economic mess08:21 ‘I don’t think this is escapable’: S...
Ultimately, everyone's situation is different. While the math clearly points against prepaying your mortgage, my situation -- and perhaps yours -- means paying down a mortgage isn't necessarily a terrible idea since there are other factors in play besides straight math alone. ...
And on the surface it might seem plausible: any concession we made at the TPP table might be used against us in the NAFTA talks. The problem with this theory is that concessions in trade talks usually aren’t concessions. Should we be reluctant to open up, say, supply man...
The United Germany after the victorious war against France decided to change its trade policy. The agreement between industrialists and farmers known as the union of rye and iron increased tariff protection of German agricultural and industrial products. Although the widespread criticism of protectionist...