Tariff Wars

Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today's trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past 30 years.

The term Mexican Drug War misleads. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal Mexican affair. But this diverts attention from the US role in creating and sustaining the carnage. It's not just that Americans buy drugs from and sell weapons to Mexico's murderous cartels. It's that ever since the US prohibited the use and sale of drugs in the early 1900s, it has pressured Mexico into acting as its border enforcer - with increasingly deadly consequences.

For centuries, tariffs have been at the center of economic policy, shaping industries, influencing trade agreements, and fueling international conflicts. Governments use them to protect domestic industries, strengthen national economies, and assert political power. Yet history reveals a complex reality, where protectionism often leads to unintended consequences, escalating trade disputes, and shifting global alliances. This book explores the history and impact of tariffs, protectionism, and trade wars, examining how these policies have influenced economic growth, national security, and ...

Before the Civil War, the American people did not have to worry about a federal tax collector coming to their door. The reason why was the tariff, taxing foreign goods and imports on arrival in the United States. Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America attempts to show why the tariff was an important part of the national narrative in the antebellum period. The debates in Congress over the tariff were acrimonious, with pitched arguments between politicians, interest groups, newspapers, and a broader electorate.

America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late.

Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both of these concerned groups, as well as the needs of students and scholars. Although it contains no equations, it is almost mathematical in its elegance, precision, and power of expression. Understanding Global Trade provides a thorough explanation of what shapes the international organization of production and distribution and the resulting trade flows.

Uncover the hidden forces shaping America's economic destiny in "American Tariffs: The Price of Protection" by Walter Bancroft. This riveting exploration of U.S. trade policy takes you on a journey from the nation's founding to today's globalized world, revealing how tariffs have been both a shield and a sword in the battle for economic supremacy. Bancroft masterfully weaves together historical analysis and contemporary insights, exposing the intricate dance between protectionism and free trade that has defined American commerce for centuries. From the heated debates of the Founding Fathers...

Ambassador C. Donald Johnson's The Wealth of a Nation is an authoritative history of the politics of trade in America from the Revolution to the Trump era.

🏆#1 in Export and Imports!!Global trade determines the price and type of your groceries, the cost of your car, and even the future of your job. But for most people, tariffs, trade wars, and supply chains sound like a confusing blur of headlines and political buzzwords. This book is here to change that. Tariffs and Trade War In Layman’s Terms breaks down the global chess game of international trade into plain, everyday language with no economics degree required. It’s your no-nonsense crash course on the real forces shaping your wallet, your work, and the world around you. Inside, ...

What happens when the world’s dominant superpower begins to lose not just its influence—but the trust of its allies, the credibility of its currency, and the cohesion of its own institutions? Unraveled: The Death of Globalization and the Fall of America delivers a gripping, deeply researched account of how American hegemony quietly fractured from within. This isn't a story of sudden collapse. It’s a forensic dissection of the slow, deliberate dismantling of the postwar order—engineered not by enemies, but by decades of political short-termism, elite self-dealing, and institutional ...

The Protectionist Gamble: Trump’s Tariffs and the New Economic Order. In The Protectionist Gamble: Trump’s Tariffs and the New Economic Order, author Rene Pineda delivers a gripping and meticulously researched exploration of the seismic impact of Donald Trump’s trade wars on the United States and the global economy. Born from campaign promises to restore American industry through aggressive tariffs, Trump’s protectionist agenda escalated in 2025 to cover 69% of U.S. imports at the highest rates in nearly a century, reshaping markets, straining alliances, and challenging the post-...

In The Factory Fallacy: Why America Won’t Build Again, this gripping and sharply argued political economy exposé dismantles the myths underpinning America's manufacturing revival narrative. Through twenty-one rigorously constructed chapters, the book takes aim at the bipartisan delusion that factories will return simply through tariffs, tax cuts, and patriotic branding. It reveals how Trump’s economic policy—rooted in protectionist theater and nationalist messaging—delivers more inflation than infrastructure, more financial speculation than factory jobs. From the gutted vocational ...

Rising tensions between China and the United States have kept the financial markets on edge as a showdown between the world's two largest economies seems inevitable. But what most people fail to recognize is the major impact that the financial markets themselves have had on the creation and acceleration of the conflict. In Financial Cold War, market structure and geopolitical finance expert James Fok explores the nuances of China-US relations from the perspective of the financial markets.

📉 Trade wars. Tariffs. Geopolitical uncertainty. Investors today face a radically altered landscape—one where protectionist policies and fractured global supply chains are rewriting the rules of the game. This groundbreaking guide delivers a comprehensive roadmap to help investors profit in an era defined by tariffs, trade fragmentation, and policy shocks. From the historical roots of protectionism to the intricate dynamics of modern trade wars, this book unpacks the economic forces shaping today’s markets—and the strategies needed to thrive within them.🔍 Inside, you'll discover...

William McKinley is known today as the champion of high protective tariffs. That is most certainly true, and the McKinley Presidency was the zenith of the Era of Protection. But he was much more. Anti-imperial, anti-Wall street, the champion of trade unions and working-class Americans, the ally and last defender of voting and citizenship rights for black Americans and much more. His administration was the Apex of the American System of Economics, but as was the case with Abraham Lincoln, the essence of McKinley is not to be found in his policies alone. It is in examining his character and ...

The Trump 2.0 Administration has certainly shaken things up amid the tariffs rolled out on "Liberation Day", i.e., April 2, 2025. Concerning the tariffs being reciprocal, they aren't as they are all set at a rate of 50% of those placed on the US by nations and regions practicing protectionism, which has been ongoing since the 1930s. I wish that the flat rate of 10% didn't need to be applied to all imports into the US, but it's clear that many countries that have trade surpluses are comfortable entering markets that we have trade agreements with, like the USMCA, and dumping into our markets ...

Baer goes behind the scenes to show how the U.S. willingly overlooked the corruption of the Saudi royal family, its financing of violent Islamic fundamentalist groups that spread hatred of the West throughout Saudi society, and its bribery of American officials. From a close-up with a corrupt Arab family to the inside scoop on how we helped fund the Taliban, Baer shows what's at stake in our pursuit of oil.

This book explores how interconnected our world has become and how quickly one event can ripple across continents. The story begins with a single spark on distant shores, setting off a chain reaction through international markets. As tariff wars escalate, industries and consumers everywhere feel the strain, revealing the fragile ties binding global economies. Geopolitical tensions add fuel to the fire, turning economic skirmishes into full-blown crises. The roots of inflation are traced back to these conflicts, exposing how hidden forces quietly erode purchasing power. Recession emerges not...

This is the inside story of the US-China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, DC, the other in Beijing, who have had more access to the decision-makers in the White House and in China’s Zhongnanhai leadership compound than anyone else.

In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy examines how the United States has balanced its potentially conflicting national security and economic interests in its relationship with the People's Republic of China (PRC). To do so, Hugo Meijer investigates a strategically sensitive yet under-explored facet of US-China relations: the making of American export control policy on military-related technology transfers to China since 1979.