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Apr 17 2024
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Biden to call for higher tariffs on Chinese steel
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for sharply higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese metal products as part of a package of policies aimed at pleasing steelworkers in the swing state of Pennsylvania, at the risk of angering Beijing.
As he campaigned for reelection in the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh, Biden aides said the U.S. president was proposing raising to 25% the tariffs imposed by his
ReutersApr 20 2024
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Biden sends message to China ― and working-class voters ― with tariff threat
WASHINGTON ― During his three-plus years in office, President Joe Biden has reversed Donald Trump's actions on immigration, climate and a long list of other areas. Not only has Biden left in place Trump's tariffs on some $300 billion of Chinese goods − this week, he threatened to triple a 7.5% tariff rate on China steel and aluminum to 25%. The move appears as much about the 2024 election as
"USA Today" ContributorApr 17 2024
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Peter Schweizer Dismisses Sincerity of Biden’s China Tariff Tough Talk
Peter Schweizer, the author of Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, dismissed President Joe Biden’s plan to call for raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum during a campaign speech to American steelworkers in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. “Joe Biden has given Beijing pretty much everything they want for three and a half years. China knows that Biden has
Breitbart NewsApr 15 2024
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Nigeria's grid collapses weeks after tariffs raised for wealthier consumers
LAGOS, April 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria's creaking grid collapsed for the fifth time this year in the early hours of Monday, highlighting the country's inability to provide reliable power after raising tariffs for wealthier consumers by 230% only two weeks ago. Nigeria's electricity regulator on April 3 approved an increase in tariffs for the 15% of consumers who use the most power, as the
ReutersApr 17 2024
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Biden calls for tripling of Chinese steel tariffs while courting Pennsylvania union workers
President Joe Biden called for tripling the tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, a policy proposal timed for his meeting with union workers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
While speaking before the United Steelworkers union, Biden will call upon U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to triple the tariffs from their average level of 7.5%.
A White House fact sheet said the
Washington ExaminerApr 17 2024
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Biden calls for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel as he makes economic pitch in Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden called on his administration to ratchet up pressure on the Chinese steel industry as he brings his economic competition pitch to Pittsburgh, the heart of the American steel industry, on Wednesday, part of a three-day campaign trail swing through battleground Pennsylvania.
“The bottom line is I want fair competition with China, not conflict,” Biden said in Pittsburgh
CNN (Online News)Apr 17 2024
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‘He has our backs’: Pa. steelworkers cheer Biden’s proposed tariffs on Chinese steel
PITTSBURGH — A welcoming crowd at the United Steelworkers International headquarters on Wednesday made it clear that President Joe Biden picked the right place to propose tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum. “I’m not looking for a fight with China,” Biden said. “I’m looking for competition, but fair competition.” Biden said that the Chinese government props up its steel companies
The Patriot-NewsApr 03 2024
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Globalist Fail: Most Voters Back Trump's Plan for 10% Tariffs on All Imports
Most likely voters support former President Donald Trump’s plan to impose ten percent tariffs on all imports to protect American jobs and wages, a new poll reveals. Last year, Trump announced his economic nationalist platform, which includes putting 10 percent tariffs on all imports to the United States market. The tariffs are intended to protect American industries previously devastated by
Breitbart NewsFeb 05 2024
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More China tariffs if re-elected, Donald Trump says
Former US president Donald Trump has said he would impose more tariffs on Chinese goods if he wins the US presidential election in November.
In an interview with Fox News, he said the tariffs could be in excess of 60%.
"We have to do it," he said in the interview on Sunday.
Mr Trump, currently the frontrunner for the Republican party, is facing a number of criminal charges
BBC NewsFeb 12 2024
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Haley Assails Trump Over NATO, Tariffs in Bid to Close 2024 Gap
Nikki Haley criticized Donald Trump’s populist stance toward NATO as well as his pledge to increase tariffs on China and other countries, attacking two of the central tenets of the former president’s argument for a return to the White House in 2024.
Bloomberg