The tomato trade is a good example of how President Trump’s tariffs could hurt producers and consumers, Bloomberg Opinion ...

Liberal Americans who once marched against trade deals now cite David Ricardo. European leaders who have maintained protected agricultural markets for decades suddenly proclaim themselves ...

Most tomatoes from Mexico will face a 21% tariff effective July 14, the U.S. Department of Commerce said recently. Ironically, the “love apple” may be the perfect illustration of how trade ...

Sherard Cowper-Coles, chair of the China-Britain Business Council, said the interchange between countries is ultimately about ...

The very strong negative reactions of international stock markets played a key role in forcing the moderation of the US' most ...

But for much of history, trade was shaped more by power than by fairness. This began to change after Adam Smith and David Ricardo showed that tariffs are economically harmful: they raise costs for ...

This began to change after Adam Smith and David Ricardo showed that tariffs are economically harmful: they raise costs for importers, divert production to higher-cost countries, discourage ...

(RELATED: America’s Tariffs: Clear Losers, but Decoupling From China) In 1817, economist David Ricardo established the principle of “Comparative Advantage,” which is the basis for free trade.

Critics of mercantilism say it failed to understand the principle of comparative advantage, later theorized by British economist David Ricardo. Ricardo said in 1817 that countries should focus on ...

Trump’s tariffs will only mean that the same goods come to US under different names, through other routes The current tariff war would warm the cold dead remains of Adam Smith and David Ricardo.

The plaque that honours David Ricardo in Bloomsbury seems almost designed to be walked past unnoticed. The nearby statue of his fellow free-trader Richard Cobden has become a popular latrine with ...

“How did we get here?” is the tempting question to ask, first. Where is “here”? is a far easier poser to respond to. Falling stock prices across the world suggest it is not a pleasant ...