President Donald Trump departs after signing an executive order at an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington.

Barriers to free and unfettered trade may well appear inefficient as a matter of an economic model’s deadweight loss — and they may well conflict with David Ricardo’s much-heralded 19th ...

This result weighs on the economy, Blanco says. “Tariffs actually create a deadweight loss” in which the consumer loses more than the producer gains, she explains.

“Broad-based tariffs tend to exacerbate economic inefficiencies, leading to a greater deadweight loss compared to more targeted tariffs on emerging industries,” said Jeffrey Roach, chief ...

Imposing new tariffs are among the more conspicuous changes that the 47 th president is considering. ... creates a deadweight loss to the economy,” writes LPL’s chief economist.

American automaker General Motors (GM) said Thursday that President Trump’s tariffs could cut as much as $5 billion from its profits this year. In a letter to investors, GM CEO and Chair Mary ...

Worse still, tariffs also crimp economic growth by creating “deadweight loss”, as demand is skewed towards domestic companies even when they are less efficient.

A blunt ruling that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs undercuts Trump’s ability to use tariffs as a “credible threat” in trade talks, the Department of Justice wrote in an emergency motion to ...

Barriers to free and unfettered trade may well appear "inefficient" as a matter of an economic model's "deadweight loss" — and they may well conflict with David Ricardo's much-heralded 19th ...

Barriers to free and unfettered trade may well appear "inefficient" as a matter of an economic model's "deadweight loss"—and they may well conflict with David Ricardo's much-heralded 19th ...