Trump, White House and Tariff
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The White House was hours away from announcing a proposal this week to spin off the popular video app TikTok when the Chinese government shattered the idea, saying it would not approve of any deal wit...
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The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Anthony Zurcher explain the fallout from Donald Trump's global trade tariffs.
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About 60 nations that run the largest trade surpluses with the US — including key strategic allies such as the EU, Japan and South Korea — face extra tariffs higher than 10 per cent, with some extendi...
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President Donald Trump introduced his “discounted reciprocal tariffs” on over 200 countries on April 2.
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The formula used to calculate President Donald Trump’s new batch of tariffs announced Wednesday is based on dividing the U.S.’s trade deficit with a given country divided by their total exports to the...
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The early reviews have been worrisome. Financial markets had their worst week since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign trade partners retaliated and economists warned that the import taxes m...
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What is President Trump really trying to do with his tariff plan: Is it to protect American jobs, is it about leveling the playing field, or is it about taking the head out of the economy?
Confusion reigned even among some White House officials about what rate the approximately $440 billion in Chinese imports would face.
President Donald Trump said he was open to reducing his tariffs if other nations were able to offer something “phenomenal,” indicating that the White House was open to negotiations despite the insistence of some top officials.
That includes the 10% universal tariff plus much higher tariffs on about 60 countries announced Wednesday, as well as previous import taxes on steel, aluminum and cars. Inflation could top 4% this year,
The Trump administration's roll-out of sweeping global tariffs tariffs has prompted urgent questions about how the new taxes were calculated, how long they will last and what exactly the White House hopes to achieve with them.
The approach appears to punish countries based on their trade imbalances with the U.S., rather than the taxes they impose on the U.S. and a combination of other trade barriers Trump claimed the new tariff rates debuted Wednesday are based on.
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President Donald Trump called on four Senate Republicans known for bucking the White House to vote down a congressional resolution attempting to end his steep tariffs against Canada. The White House’s fear that Democrats would be able to pull enough votes from Republicans to pass the anti-tariff resolution was confirmed when the bill passed 51-48
President Donald Trump announced his highly anticipated trade plan from the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, which he has declared "Liberation Day."