A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating
President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and ...
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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat ...
Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.
Behind President Trump’s decision to hit some of America’s largest trading partners with stiff tariffs is his fixation on the ...
On Minnesota’s Iron Range, Trump’s Tariffs Could Be Boom or Bust
Once a week, most weeks, the ground in Chisholm, Minn., shudders underfoot.“When they blast over here, we can feel it ...
Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Take Effect
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global ...
Trump Has Said ‘No Exceptions’ to His Tariffs. Will That Last?
As he prepares to introduce new tariffs on foreign metals this week, President Trump has vowed not to grant the ...
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer spending and corporate ...
Trump Celebrates Disruption in Speech to Congress, and Avoids the Costs
In the days immediately preceding his address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a chain saw to government ...
Stocks Post Biggest Loss of the Year on Trump’s Tariff Plans
Stocks fell sharply on Monday afternoon after President Trump affirmed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, dashing investors’ hopes ...
Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United ...
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