February 07, 2025

O Canada! Making Sense of Last Weekend's Tariffs

Emily and Geoff digest this past weekend’s on-again, off-again 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as the 10% tariffs on China (that at least for now are still here), and debate what these tariff dramas mean for the Trump team’s longer-term ambitions to restructure the global economic order.

Geoffrey Gertz and Emily Kilcrease, “A World Safe for Prosperity: How America Can Foster Economic Security,Foreign Affairs, February 6, 2025

Peter Harrell, “The Case Against IEEPA Tariffs,Lawfare, January 31, 2025

Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, “Want Free Trade? May I Introduce You to the Tariff,The New York Times, February 6, 2025

Noah Smith, “When are Tariffs Good?”, Noahpinon, February 6, 2025

Emily Kilcrease, "Articulate a Clear Tariff Roadmap," CNAS, January 20, 2025

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