The Great Depression is the canonical case of a widespread currency war, with more than 70 countries devaluing their currencies relative to gold between 1929 and 1936. What were the currency war’s ...

Donald Trump imposing trade tariffs on Australia would have very little effect on the economy but ... war would not be as bad as the 1930s great depression which was exacerbated by US tariffs ...

A Republican president-elect pledges support for expansive tariffs as a means of protecting U.S. businesses and hamstringing global competitors. That description may conjure up former President Donald ...