and he regularly praises a man he calls “the tariff king,” 25th President William McKinley. “[McKinley’s] language was really beautiful,” Trump said on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

When Pres. Donald Trump took office in 2017, he promised free, fair, and reciprocal trade, including deals to open markets to ...

Tariffs have been a trade tool for hundreds of years, shaping history as they’re implemented and repealed.  Below, we’ll go ...

much as McKinley’s tariffs did not. The core strengths of the U.S. remained intact, both during the tariff period and when tariffs were lowered. This raises a broader question about how much any ...

With Harrison’s blessing, McKinley set about crafting the most comprehensive tariff bill the country had ever seen up to that time, encompassing some four thousand separate items. So earnest was ...

much as McKinley’s tariffs did not. The core strengths of the U.S. remained intact, both during the tariff period and when tariffs were lowered. This raises a broader question about how much any ...

As Mr. SARGENT pointed out in his letter to the meeting at Cooper Institute on Wednesday evening, the very heavy duty on wool in the McKinley tariff helps no one and injures every one whom it affects.

McKinley was known during his time in Congress for the eponymous McKinley tariff that was passed in 1890. It raised tariffs by as much as 50% on various products. The Ohioan later ran for ...