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March 14, 2025

RealEcon
Congress: Retake Control of Tariffs and Let Businesses Get Back to the “Vision Thing”

The Trump administration’s recent tariff actions are undermining congressional authority and sowing chaos for U.S. businesses. Lawmakers should reassert their constitutional power to correct course.

A 1787 copy of the United States Constitution that sold for $43.2 million, a new world record for the most valuable historical document ever sold at an auction, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. September 9, 2021. Picture taken September 9, 2021. Ardon Bar-Hama/SOTHEBY'S/Handout via REUTERS

April 4, 2025

Trade
What to Know About Trump’s Tariff Authority, Its Cost, and What Comes Next

CFR experts weigh in on President Trump’s raft of new tariffs, including their legality, justification, and effect on U.S. consumers.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order after announcing a plan for tariffs on imported goods during an event Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Rose Garden at the White House. At right is Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

September 20, 2024

RealEcon
Misperceptions and Misplaced Perceptions: Time to Turn the Page on International Trade

Trade deserves a better reputation. Increasing supply would improve the economy’s performance and the public’s perception of trade’s benefits.

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

July 2, 2024

RealEcon
The Unbearable Lightness of U.S. Trade Policy

U.S. policymakers are ignoring some of the negative trade-offs of current trade policy to the detriment of American global leadership.

A photovoltaic cell is shown at Elin Energys solar panel manufacturing facility.

February 15, 2025

United States
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day

The forty-seven presidents of the United States have some interesting stories to tell.  

White House Front View

February 14, 2025

United States
A Presidents’ Day Quiz

The fourteenth annual TWE Presidents' Day quiz.

Resolute Desk

March 26, 2025

United States
Mar-a-Lago Accord Is Not a Recipe for Success

The Mar-a-Lago Accord refers to a blueprint from one of President Trump’s top advisors that would mark an inflection point for the global economic order—but it is unlikely to get the cross-border coo…

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

February 10, 2025

India
How India Disrupts and Navigates the WTO

India’s influence at the World Trade Organization has grown following a notable decline of U.S. power within the organization, but its opportunism and obstructionism could weaken its potential to ben…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses with World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Indian President Droupadi Murmu on the sidelines of the 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi.

February 12, 2025

RealEcon
Trump’s National Security Tariffs

Section 232 tariffs can backfire without exemptions, harming rather than helping national security.

Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania

February 11, 2025

Space
Why Space Is a National Security Priority

The United States needs to restore its focus on space as a national security priority as conditions have changed and threats have multiplied.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is rolled out to a launchpad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.