The author, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. As ...

With the presidential election weeks away and still looking like a true toss-up, we face the very real prospect of a second Trump administration. With that in mind, it makes sense to ask how Trump's ...

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody ...

If we look closely at the history of trade, we see that it is far from beautiful. Today, free trade is as commonplace as the air we breathe, but most of modern history was dominated by protectionist ...

Instead of antagonizing world leaders, perhaps President Donald Trump should consider emulating some of them. There are few better role models today than Javier Milei, Argentina’s colorful president.

TOPSHOT - An employee operates on a forging with protective gear at the Framatome Creusot forge, in Le Creusot, central France on March 3, 2023. - As she visited the Framtome site, the French Minister ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down protectionist state wine and liquor laws on the grounds that they illegally discriminated against out-of-state wineries and out-of-state alcohol retailers. Yet ...

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"The Reagan Administration's trade policy became clear: Espouse free trade but find an excuse on every occasion to embrace the opposite," wrote David Stockman, budget director for the Reagan ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley has a question about President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China: Why stop there? Farley said in a conference call Wednesday that Trump’s ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews former U.S. Senator Pat Toomey. Photo: Francis Chung - Pool via CNP/Zuma Press/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg News President Trump unveiled his new ...

Gold prices were poised to settle above $2,900 an ounce Monday for the first time ever with demand for the safe-haven metal "increasing as anxiety grows over the potential impact of the new U.S.