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Trump halts trade talks with Canada, defending interests of U.S. tech firms

After resetting relationship with Canada, Trump attacked its plans to collect digital services taxes in a social media post announcing plans to end trade negotiations with America’s closest ally.

Trump wanted ‘90 deals in 90 days.’ Instead, he’s finding wins where he can.

The president’s celebratory tone on his China “deal” belies the uncomfortable reality that he has made little tangible progress since this spring’s tariff spree.

Oren Cass Joins Global Roaming

Oren Cass joins hosts Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald for a feisty interview on ABCR Radio Nationals’s “Global Roaming”

Trump Scolded Companies for Raising Prices. Do They Have a Choice?

Economists say companies generally have to pass along the cost of tariffs. But populists on the left and right say the president may have a point.

Oren Cass Joins Tucker Carlson

Oren Cass joins Tucker Carlson for a discussion on whether Trump’s tariffs are working.

Why the US and China pulled back from the edge

The agreement reached this weekend is an acknowledgment that a full-on economic divorce of the U.S. and China would be too painful for both sides.

Tariffs are a bet on the free market rather than free trade

Innovation has stalled in a globalised era dominated by state-sponsored national champions.

Policy director Chris Griswold talks to Nikkei Asia

American Compass policy director Chris Griswold says businesses need greater trade and industrial predictability to plan for the future.

‘You’ll feel it’: How Trump’s policies are hammering the dollar

Any deterioration of the U.S. currency and debt securities could rock the foundations of both Wall Street and household finances, economists warn.

Oren Cass talks tariffs on the Financial Times’s Swamp Notes

Chief economist Oren Cass discusses the latest on President Trump’s tariffs with Marc Filippino and Edward Luce for the Financial Times.

Oren Cass joins Swamp Notes

Swamp Notes — The conservative view on tariffs now

Mark DiPlacido debates Professor Gordon Hanson on tariffs for the Federalist Society

Policy advisor Mark DiPlacido debates tariffs with Harvard economist and professor Gordon Hanson for the Federalist Society.

Policy advisor Mark DiPlacido joins UNSAFE with Ann Coulter

The entire universe has told you why Trump’s tariffs are bad. Mark DiPlacido takes the other side.

Debatable: Trump’s ‘Wall Street vs. Main Street’ argument for tariffs

With President Trump’s tariffs, is it actually useful to use the example of fighting for the interests of Main Street over Wall Street?

Oren Cass on The Benefits of Tariffs

The economist discusses the need for a new global trading system.

Oren Cass joins Piers Morgan Uncensored

American Compass chief economist Oren Cass joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss and breakdown the latest in Trump’s tariffs.

Oren Cass joins Jack Posobiec

American Compass chief economist joins Jack Posobiec to break down the latest in the battle over Trump’s tariffs on foreign goods.

Oren Cass on the end of the free ride

Oren Cass discusses the trade war and the path forward for American reindustrialization with Chris Bedford of The Blaze.

Oren Cass joins Katy Tur Reports

Chief economist Oren Cass joins Katy Tur to share his opinion on why he thinks people should stop freaking out about the tariffs and how they can still work.

Chief economist Oren Cass discusses the merits of Trump’s trade strategy on Fareed Zakaria GPS

American Compass chief economist debates the merits of President Trump’s tariffs with Fareed Zakaria and former Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers on CNN.

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