President Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves.
Category: Canada
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Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs
Energy executives meeting in Houston expressed concerns about President Trump’s trade and economic policy even as they praised him and his administration.
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Trump Pulls Back Plans to Double Canadian Metal Tariffs After Ontario Relents
The president had threatened to hit Canadian metals with 50 percent tariffs but opted not to go ahead after Ontario lifted a charge on U.S. electricity.
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Trump Has Said ‘No Exceptions’ to His Tariffs. Will That Last?
His administration has acknowledged that exceptions undercut the power of tariffs, but it seems hard for the president to resist making deals.
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Stock Markets Down as Recession Fears Rise
Investors fear that tit-for-tat tariffs could raise prices, slow growth and sow uncertainty among businesses.
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Would Trump Risk a Recession?
The president still believes that his protectionist trade policies will be “great for us” in the long run, but won’t rule out short-term economic pain.
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China Hits Canada With Tariffs in Indirect Riposte to Trump
Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.
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A Tariff Tantrum: the Upheaval from Trump’s Trade Policies
Corporate chiefs see “chaos,” and investors see red as the effect of President Trump’s shifting trade policy begins to weigh on board rooms and trading rooms.
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Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
Investors sent stock prices down on Thursday amid the uncertainty over what President Trump’s inconstancy means for the global economy.
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Hackers Stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift Ticket Scheme, Queens D.A. Says
Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.