What the tomato teaches us about free trade

What the tomato teaches us about free trade

Most tomatoes from Mexico will face a 21% tariff effective July 14, the U.S. Department of Commerce said recently. The “love apple” may be the perfect illustration of how trade contributes to economic prosperity — and of the folly of…

Column: How Trump’s tariffs affect US economic freedom, and why it matters

For a moment on April 9, the average U.S. tariff rate leapt to 32%, making American consumers the highest tariffed people in the world. For the next 90 days, the average U.S. tariff rate will be about 25%, which will leave Americans paying more than the citizens of any other industrialized nation, putting us in the company of Sudan and Djibouti. America, despite what you may have heard, is currently a pretty great place to live and work. While A…