Voters were bracing for the effects of President Trump’s recent tariffs in their own lives, but some said they were, for now, waiting and watching to see how all of this plays out.
Category: International Trade and World Market
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Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them.
President Trump’s tariffs are scrambling the Republican plan for the economy, long centered on tax cuts and growth.
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Ted Cruz and Other Senate Republicans Question Trump’s Tariffs
One of the president’s allies warns that the trade barriers could hurt American business and consumers. But he has yet to take any real steps to reverse them.
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U.S. Farmers Brace for Losses in New Trade War With China
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
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Investors Recoil From Trump’s Pledge to Remake the Global Economy
Stocks hadn’t fallen this far this fast since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. A 9.1 percent drop in the S&P 500 is the steepest weekly decline since March 2020.
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Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump’s Tariffs List
Swiss companies bemoan the loss of a reliable partner, and called the 32 percent tariff “incomprehensible.”
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Trump Calls India a Friend, but Is Trying to Block Its Imports
Stunned to see their own exports punished harshly, Indians are picking through the wreckage for signs of hope. There’s some but not a lot.
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Trump Sounds Defiant Note as Tariffs Roil Markets Again
After China announced new retaliatory measures against the United States, President Trump responded that Beijing “PLAYED IT WRONG.”
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Slumping Oil Prices Reflect Intensifying Economic Worries
Fears that President Trump’s tariffs could slash global economic growth — and demand for oil — were weighing on the market.
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What Will Trump’s Tariffs Do to EU-China Trade Relations?
The European Union is deepening other trade partnerships as U.S. relations sour. But with China, the relationship could get closer — or more combative.
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Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs
The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.
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Trump Blocked America’s Front Door to China. Now He’s Closing Back Doors.
The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.