Sunday, May 11, 2025

Trade-Related Issues

How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/small-business-tariffs-e6dfaccb
Owners are laying off staff and tapping personal savings, hoping to hold out until a trade deal with China; an $8,752 fee on a $5,649 order.


Congress Set the Stage for Today’s Tariff Mess 100 Years Ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-09/congress-set-the-stage-for-today-s-tariff-mess-100-years-ago
Against the wishes of the framers, the legislative branch delegated much of its own constitutional authority over setting import taxes.
 
Britain’s deal with India will have far more impact than Trump’s razzmatazz
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/11/britain-deal-india-far-more-impact-trump-razzmatazz/
This historic trade agreement deserves far more attention than the Donald-Keir love-in.
 
Internal trade barriers are as stifling as tariffs
https://www.ft.com/content/90d68648-1905-48f9-906c-301ff047ca56