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Tariffs
Trump Hits China With $50 Billion in Tariffs “This is the first of many,” Trump said as he signed the order. “This is number one — but this is the first of many.”
By Eric Levitz
Trump Is Preparing More Than $30 Billion in Anti-China Tariffs The president is on the cusp of launching the most aggressive (and, arguably, illegal) trade action of his tenure.
By Eric Levitz
Why This Key Trump Adviser Strikes Fear Into GOP Hearts The possibility that Gary Cohn will be replaced by Trump’s nationalist trade guru Peter Navarro has many mainstream conservatives nervous.
By Ed Kilgore
news you can booze
Mar. 8, 2018
Whiskey Industry Argues It Will Be an ‘Unintended’ Victim of Trump’s Tariffs The EU has said it will retaliate with tariffs on American goods, including whiskey.
By Clint Rainey
Trump Brings Back Ancient GOP Tradition of Protectionism He appears to be a true believer in reversing globalization, not just using tariffs as a weapon. That’s both new — and very old — for Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
Paul Ryan and Other Republicans Try to Talk Trump Out of Tariffs At least for a day, the House Speaker isn’t a presidential lackey.
By Benjamin Hart
Trump: I’ll Lift Tariffs If NAFTA Is Renegotiated The president is attempting to bully two close allies into submission.
By Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Mar. 2, 2018
‘Trade Wars Are Good.’ Business Is Scared of Trump for the First Time. Trump has wandered off the reservation before, but this time he might not come back.
By Jonathan Chait
Trump (Finally) Declares Trade War By slapping high tariffs on steel and aluminum, the president has brought the GOP Establishment nightmare to life.
By Eric Levitz
Commerce Department Offers Trump Ammunition for His Trade War Trump has until April 11 to decide whether to impose high tariffs on aluminum and steel. It’s a subject that divides his party and administration.
By Ed Kilgore
P.A. Special Election Could Be the Only Excuse Trump Needs to Start a Trade War Trump will have to make a decision soon on possible tariffs on steel and aluminum, which most Republicans oppose.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Seems to Genuinely Want a Trade War With China Beijing offered to cut its steel production. But Trump passed on the easy political win — insisting that only punitive tariffs would do.
By Eric Levitz
Trump May Be More Dangerous Than His Handlers Realized Trump is starting to follow through on his most destructive ideas. And he has tariffs and the death of the Iran deal on his to-do list.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Planning Steel Tariffs To the Horror of Most of His Cabinet Returning to one of the “America First” preoccupations of his campaign, Trump is on the brink of imposing steel tariffs on China and other countries.
By Ed Kilgore
After Softening on China, Trump Goes All-in on Anti-Canada Populism The president slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber and vows that “we will not stand for” Ottawa’s unfair trade practices.
By Eric Levitz
food politics
Feb. 3, 2017
Mexican Avocado Farmers Bought One of the Super Bowl’s First Ads The group is “not going to abandon this market regardless” of what President Trump does.
By Clint Rainey
food politics
Jan. 31, 2017
Analysts Say a Tariff on Mexican Goods Would Screw Chipotle The burrito maker “likely would bear the biggest brunt” in the entire restaurant industry.
By Clint Rainey
The 20 Percent Tariff on Mexico That Wasn’t Sean Spicer explained the House GOP’s border-adjustment tax poorly. The media assumed the worst. “Fake news” ensued.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Mulls Imposing Tariffs by Executive Order The president-elect is reportedly considering a 5 percent tariff on all foreign imports, much to the chagrin of GOP-aligned business interests.
By Eric Levitz
