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Jul 04 2024
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EU imposes duties on China-built EVs, leaving four months for talks
BRUSSELS, July 4 (Reuters) - The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 37.6% from Friday on imports of electric vehicles made in China, EU officials said on Thursday, ratcheting up trade tension with Beijing. There is however a four-month window during which the tariffs are only provisional and intensive talks are expected to continue between the two sides. The European Commission's
Reuters
Jul 03 2024
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Ramstad: Trump will push up prices, making hiring harder in Minnesota
Former President Donald Trump appears likely to be re-elected this fall. Bond investors are betting that way, and last week's debate showed that President Joe Biden can no longer do the job. Democrats made a foolish decision by sticking with Biden, and polls show the rest of the country won't do the same in November. What does this mean for the Minnesota economy? At his rallies, Trump
Star Tribune
Jul 18 2024
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Xcel Energy is unsure it can meet Colorado’s clean-energy goals at the cost it promised
The price tag on Xcel Energy’s $12 billion Clean Energy Plan — which is facing supply chain problems and uncertainty over tariffs — may have to rise, the company said in a Colorado Public Utilities Commission filing. The utility asked the PUC for a 75-day delay in submitting a key solicitation for a clean energy project to “address material changes” in projects included in its state-mandated
The Colorado Sun
May 13 2019
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Dow tumbles more than 590 points after China retaliates with higher tariffs
The Dow plunged Monday after China said it will raise tariffs in retaliation to last week's tariff increase by the United States.
China hiked tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the United States. It first imposed the tariffs last year.
Worries over the escalation of the trade spat with China just aren't going away.
US stocks opened sharply lower. The S&P 500 (SPX)
CNN Digital
May 31 2019
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Mexico president tells Donald Trump: 'America First is a fallacy' in response to tariff threat
The president of Mexico says he wants to avoid a confrontation with the United States, but had harsh words about President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexican goods to pressure the nation to stem the flow of Central American migrants.
"America First is a fallacy,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, said in a public letter released late
USA TODAY
Jun 06 2019
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U.S., Mexico to resume talks over tariffs, border as Trump seeks more progress
Mexican and U.S. officials are set to resume talks in Washington on Thursday aimed at heading off punitive tariffs on Mexican goods as President Donald Trump called for Mexico to take more action to curb migration at the southern U.S. border.
The two sides met on Wednesday for discussions led by Vice President Mike Pence in an effort to strike a deal that would satisfy the U.S.
Reuters
May 12 2019
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Kudlow contradicts Trump, says China isn't paying tariffs on goods going into US
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday contradicted President Trump, saying he didn't disagree with the characterization that China is not paying the tariffs on goods coming into the U.S. Kudlow made the comments after Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed him on "Fox News Sunday" about Trump's recent comments in regard to trade with China. "It’s not China that pays
The Hill
May 14 2019
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Why China’s new tariffs could make the US trade war even worse
A crumbling global economy, job losses, and a spooked market — just to start.
China is clearly unhappy about President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war — and it just retaliated in a way that could hurt global markets and further damage ties between the world’s two biggest economies.
On Friday, Trump raised tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese goods
Vox
Dec 07 2018
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Trade deficit reaches 10-year high despite Trump's tariffs and tough talk
The U.S. trade deficit rose to a 10-year high in October, the Commerce Department said Thursday, despite a raft of tariffs that President Trump has instituted with the stated purpose of narrowing the
Washington Examiner
Jul 01 2024
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Congressional Steel Caucus voices concerns about potential Vietnam trade status change
The Congressional Steel Caucus is voicing concerns about a potential trade status change for Vietnam that could lighten steel tariffs. Vietnam filed a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce that it be labeled a market economy for trade and tariff purposes. The federal agency is now reviewing that request and may soon reach a determination. Congressional Steel Caucus members, including
The Times of Northwest Indiana