Tag: tariffs

How Trump Could Help the EU Economy

Europe should expect a mix of positive and negative effects from a Trump presidency. With a little luck, the positive effects will outweigh the negative ones.

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Trump’s Tariffs

As the economic elite comes to Washington for the IMF-World Bank meetings, they cry about Trump’s idea for trade tariffs. Frankly, they have no idea what they are talking about.

The EU’s New Economic Security 

What the European Commission proposes is not rules-based trade but managed trade, with Commission technocrats pulling the strings to favour EU industrialization.

EU Carbon Tariffs Risk Trade War With India

Carbon tariffs are a keystone of the EU’s “Fit for 55” package, but they may also herald a new era of protectionism and put strain on geopolitical relations.

EU To Slap Tariffs on Small Goods

The proposal seeks to eliminate the existing €150 limit on importing small goods free of charges, so European customers would have to pay both sales tax and customs duties on every item in the future.