Did the 25th president really make America "very rich through tariffs"? William McKinley might have told you otherwise.

In the president’s eyes, tariffs might simply be the price other countries should pay for admission to a premium market.

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

In his inaugural address, the 47th president of the US celebrated his distant predecessor, best known for significantly ...

If there's one place where interest in William McKinley has remained unwavering, it's in the 25th president's native ...

Their research concludes that “higher tariffs were not associated with higher productivity; if anything, industries with bigger tariff shields saw lower labor productivity.” Protectionists point to ...

Those include targeted tariffs aimed at protecting emerging industries, such as the 1890 McKinley tariff's impact on U.S. tinplate manufacturing, and South Korea's process of industrialization.