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May 18 2019
News
US lifts steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico
President Donald Trump lifted steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Friday, a move designed to ease one area of tensions even as the President's wider trade agenda faces an uncertain future. A joint statement from the US and Canadian governments said the tariffs -- which had been in place for a year -- would be removed within two days. The two sides agreed on monitoring and
CNN (Online News)
May 07 2019
News
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fallacious tariff tale
In escalating his trade war, President Donald Trump is persisting in his deceptive argument that tariffs are a pure win for the U.S. and a loss for China. He will not acknowledge that the costs of tariffs are being borne by Americans.
Trump has vowed to impose a blanket tariff of 25% on everything Americans buy from China. That would mean raising tariffs from 10% on $200 billion worth
Associated Press
May 07 2019
News
Trump absolutely right to slap new tariffs on China
President Trump Opens a New Window. on Sunday announced additional incoming tariffs Opens a New Window. on China, reminding Beijing Opens a New Window. that its days of negotiating with weak counterparts are over, at least as far as it concerns the United States.
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Fox News (Opinion)
May 14 2019
News
Escalating Tariffs Test Investors’ Faith in U.S. Growth
Some are trimming investments in stocks and favoring cash or other assets considered safer
The sharp stock-market selloff of recent days is confronting investors with a quandary long avoided during the 10-year-old bull market: Riskier assets suddenly look very risky.
Gains in U.S. stocks have made them historically expensive relative to global equities. Economic growth remains
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 07 2022
News
Biden suspends tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asia amid measures to boost supplies to US manufacturers
President Biden on Monday authorized emergency measures to boost supplies for the American solar power industry in an effort to address his climate change-fighting goals and fight escalating costs.
To that end, the White House announced a two-year pause in tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asia amid complaints by industry groups that the solar sector is being slowed by supply
Fox Business
Jun 22 2020
News
US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Trump's Steel Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported steel brought by an industry group that had argued that a key part of the law under which he imposed the duties violates the U.S. Constitution.
The justices declined to hear the American Institute for International Steel's appeal of a February ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
Newsmax (News)
May 10 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Trump Increases Tariffs on Chinese Goods
President Trump on Friday increased tariffs on $200 million in Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent. Some say the move will hurt American businesses and consumers, who will foot the majority of the bill, while others argue that the duties will even out the trade relationship between China and the U.S., which many experts say is weighted in China's favor. Check out some other big AllSides Staff
Aug 10 2018
News
Trump Authorizes Doubling of Tariffs on Turkey's Steel, Aluminum
President Donald Trump authorizes the doubling of tariffs on Turkey's steel and aluminum.
Bloomberg