President-elect Donald Trump’s decision on a treasury secretary is about far more than whose name will be printed on America’s money. The choice of how to fill his highest-profile outstanding Cabinet selection will be the clearest indication yet of how he intends to wield import tariffs in his new administration.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised a "manufacturing renaissance" upon his return to the White House, pledging tariffs to bolster companies that make products within the United States. The idea is to drive up the price of imported goods to make ...

Donald Trump has long touted tariffs as a campaign promise, with targets on Mexico and China. But what do the import taxes mean for consumers?

Economists have typically looked askance at tariffs as a tool of economic policy. Their prevailing assumption is that free trade is best. And if there is a significant trade deficit, then the appropriate policy is not tariffs but a lower exchange rate.