The math behind Donald Trump’s sweeping and allegedly “reciprocal” tariffs may actually be simpler than it seems. With the help of a large chart, the president unveiled his latest wave of tariffs ...

As President Donald Trump lights the global economy on fire in his bid to reduce America’s $1.2 trillion annual trade deficit, a few astute observers on X have uncovered the math that went into ...

When President Trump unveiled a slew of tariffs against 60 countries on what he dubbed "Liberation Day," he claimed that the so-called "reciprocal" rates were calculated based on each nation's own ...

President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations Wednesday were pitched as “reciprocal,” matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking ...

The new U.S. tariffs rattling markets and promising globe-spanning trade barriers reflect a fixation of President Trump’s: the difference between how much stuff the U.S. buys from and sells to each of ...

When President Donald Trump initially announced his new tariffs in February, he proposed them as a “fair and reciprocal plan on trade.” And so it was assumed that these reciprocal tariffs, as they are ...

When President Trump announced his latest tariffs on Wednesday, he also ignited an economic mystery. Just where in the world did those numbers come from? Holding up a sign on the White House lawn, ...

Mr. Neiman was a Biden administration Treasury official who co-wrote trade-related academic research cited by the Trump White House. My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime, ...

April 2 marked what President Donald Trump and his administration described as "Liberation Day," or the announcement of sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on almost every country, ranging from a base rate ...