The administration’s sweeping tariff hikes—most of which the president said yesterday would be paused for 90 days—are among the most economically reckless trade moves in decades. Since “Liberation” Day, Cato scholars have been everywhere, with dozens of citations on NBC, CNN, CNBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Ben Shapiro Show, and more to confront the administration about the damage it is causing. Our team is not mincing words, calling the tariff hikes “economic witchcraft,” “self-immolation,” and “detached from reality.”
But there’s a glimmer of hope: Outrage over the scale and scope of these hikes is fueling momentum in Congress to finally reclaim its constitutional authority over trade—something Cato has long championed.
Join us live as Clark Packard from Cato’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies cut through the noise and explain what’s really happening, what’s at stake, and what might come next.
Don’t miss this live, unfiltered look at a moment that could reshape global trade.
