NTA | NTJ Forum: Recent US Tariff Policy

The Editors of the National Tax Journal (NTJ) are excited to continue our webinar series that periodically features some of the NTJ’s recently published articles. Our next webinar will comprise three papers from the Forum of the March 2026 issue.

Once a significant source of federal revenues, tariffs had long been supplanted by income and payroll taxes as the primary way to finance the government. Yet 2025 saw a dramatic shift in the US fiscal and economic architecture, and tariffs have re-emerged – not just as a revenue instrument, but as a tool of industrial policy and geopolitical strategy used to incentivize domestic production, reshape global supply chains, protect certain sectors, and realign trade relationships. The economic implications of this transformation – for industries, consumers, and workers – is uncertain and a subject of active debate.

Please join us as Elena Patel (Brookings/TPC) moderates a discussion with Kimberly Clausing (UCLA), Fariha Kamal (Federal Reserve Board), and Katheryn Russ (UC Davis) on the rise of tariffs in the US and their potential implications.

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET

Please note that other tax luminaries are also implicated: Clausing’s paper is coauthored with Maurice Obstfeld (UC Berkeley, Emeritus). Russ’s paper is coauthored with Manho Kang (Georgia Tech), Jeremy Meng (UC Davis), and James Waters (UC Davis Health).

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