Like our predecessors in 1930, we oppose the use of tariffs as a general tool for economic policy.

President Trump is threatening to levy taxes on imports to match those other countries charge on U.S. exports.

The next few months will offer a clear test of who is right about President Donald Trump’s trade policies in the wake of his announcement of higher tariffs for Mexico, Canada and China.

Late last week, economists Phil Gramm and Larry Summers wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that “tariffs and the retaliation they bring … poison our economic and security alliances.” ...

In “The Immigrants America Needs” (op-ed, Jan. 14), Phil Gramm sheds light on an underestimated point in recent conversations about immigration. America has benefited immensely from the brain ...

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, economists Phil Gramm, former chairman of the Senate banking committee, and Larry Summers, president emeritus of Harvard University, also warn of the damage ...

Vought also worked as executive director of the conservative Republican Study Committee, the largest bloc of House conservatives, and as an aide to former Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas.

Prior to this, he worked on Capitol Hill, serving as the Policy Director for the House Republican Conference, under then-Chairman Mike Pence, and as the Executive Director of the Republican Study ...

Bill Clinton's former Treasury secretary and Republican ex-senator Phil Gramm co-wrote a Wall Street Journal missive against tariffs and encouraged other economists to sign on, in the spirit of ...

Many presidents use tariffs to force negotiations. But for President Trump, they are the point, a source of revenue as he pursues a Gilded Age vision. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has ...

and as the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), and as a legislative assistant for US Senator Phil Gramm. Director Vought graduated with a BA from Wheaton College (IL ...