Topline President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Indian imports from 25% to 50% Wednesday in what he said was retaliation against India for buying Russian oil. US President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington DC, United States on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Indian Press Information…
President Trump loves the phrase promises made, promises kept. Without a major course correction, the President will fail to keep one of his most important promises to the American public – restoring economic prosperity. A post-election analysis from CBS News noted that “two thirds of voters described the economy as bad, and those voters who…
Amid controversies over tariffs and their effects, one particularly destructive barrier to trade has gone overlooked: restrictions on “conflict minerals” that exacerbate poverty in the developing world, undermine U.S. access to rare earth metals and critical minerals, and hand a competitive edge to China in control of the global supply of these critical minerals. Ironically,…