If the president succeeds, he will be free to slap tariffs on any country or any product at any time for whatever reason he dreams up.

President Trump has made reducing the U.S. trade deficit a priority, blaming trade deals like NAFTA, but economists disagree over how policymakers should respond.

The threat of climate change and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the U.S. government’s role in shaping the economy.

For the past two decades, the central question in U.S. trade policy has been whether the government could continue to move forward in liberalizing trade. The answer was usually yes, but slowly. For t…

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.