Surging U.S. tariffs will weaken the global economy and push up inflation this year ... making steady progress for many years after World War II. “Trade distortions — tariff and nontariff ...

President Nixon tried to quell inflation by dropping the gold standard ... had governed global currency values since the end of World War II. After much debate and infighting among his advisers ...

Jobs were being lost, inflation was ticking up and the world ... The moves have increased U.S. tariffs to levels not seen since World War II and raised big questions about the future of global ...