LibGuides: ECON-431 Fiscal Policy in the US: Trump Tariffs

Some Background

Congressional Research Services Report: Trump Administration Tariff Actions - Frequently Asked Questions
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation.
Trump Trade War Timeline
Track the development of the most pressing trade conflicts with links to the latest available data and analysis.
U.S. Trade Policy: Can tariffs restore manufacturing jobs?
An excellent overview of tariffs with some history, pro/cons, and future trends. Published by CQ Press.
Wikipedia: Trump Tariffs
Wikipedia is an excellent source to gain some context. Use it to make a complex topic more understandable. Never cite it! Always dig deeper by following the links and references. Be critical!

What Are Scholars Saying?

Use either EconLit or NBER to research what economic scholars are saying about Trump's Tariffs. Begin simply by searching for Trump AND tariffs or Trump AND trade or Trump AND imports.

EconLit
EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books, and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application. Over 80% of all current records include abstracts. Also included are full-text of book reviews published in the Journal of Economic Literature since 1993. The database also includes links to full-text of some 40,000 working papers in economics.
HeinOnline
The world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.

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NBER Working Papers
Preliminary research sponsored by the nation's most prestigious nonprofit economics research organization. All working papers since 1994

Public Opinion

Roper iPOLL
Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of public opinion poll data with results from 1935 to the present. Roper iPoll contains nearly 800,000 questions and over 23,000 datasets from both U.S. and international polling firms. Surveys cover any number of topics including, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. When available, results charts, demographic crosstabs and full datasets are provided for immediate download.

Below are a few relevant public opinion surveys related to Trump's Tariffs. Note: There are MANY more!

How Has the Print Media Responded?

U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest)
Access the full-text of the current issues (as well as issues from the past several years) of Washington Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal in one place!

ECON-431 Fiscal Policy in the US

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Some Background

What Are Scholars Saying?

Public Opinion

How Has the Print Media Responded?