The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.
Category: International Trade and World Market
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How Costs for Online Sales After Trump’s Trade Move
President Trump’s tariff measures included a significant change to trade rules that could increase costs for many products bought online, including on Amazon, Shein and Temu.
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One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.
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Three Years After Ukraine Invasion, Europe Still Deals With Energy Crisis
To wean itself off Russian natural gas, Europe has found new sources of energy, including imports from the United States. But high costs are straining the economy.
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Global Markets Brace for Fallout From Trump Tariffs
Shares in Japanese and South Korean manufacturers tumbled on concern that tariffs will hurt trade in North America, where they have major investments in factories.
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Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates
Amid warnings of price increases, Canada moved quickly to retaliate, China said it had planned countermeasures, and Mexico said it would soon unveil its response.
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Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
The invoking of national security to unravel trade agreements could scramble the international trading system in China’s favor.
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What Is IEEPA, the Law Trump Used to Impose Tariffs?
President Trump said he was using powers granted under the law to impose tariffs on the United States’ largest trading partners.
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From Groceries to Cars, Tariffs Could Raise Prices for U.S. Consumers
President Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in higher prices for lots of products, including computers, tequila and gas.
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Who Pays for Tariffs? Here’s What You Need to Know.
President Trump has insisted that his new tariffs on America’s largest trading partners will not increase prices for Americans. But a review of how they work suggests that is not the case
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How US Tariffs Challenge China
China chose swift retaliation for trade measures in the first Trump administration, but that led to an upward spiral of trade measures and much broader tariffs.