A history of tariff wars

Beware The Tariff Trap

This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Here’s what The Lever published this week: LEVER DEEP DIVE OF THE WEEK Trump’s Trade War Is A Political Trap For Democrats. The president’s reckless tariffs are designed to goad his opponents into touting free trade and scoffing at the working class. LEVER SCOOPS OF THE WEEK Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers…

A history of tariff wars

Free trade, protectionism and democracy have been battling it out for centuries.

Tariff evasion is tax evasion: The increasing risk of international trade compliance - VinciWorks

Evading or reducing tariffs is a form of tax evasion, and regulators in the EU, US and UK are taking a stricter view as trade wars heat up.

The legendary unofficial slogan “It’s the economy, stupid” from the campaign to the presidency of Bill Clinton in 1992 revealed a timeless truth: economic policy always ends in the supermarket, payroll and family savings. Almost three decades later, while Trump saturates his speeches with the word “aranceles” and provokes an avalanche of headlines and global reactions, we again check how macroeconomic decisions leak into our daily lives.Return p…