A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating
President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and…
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Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy
The traditional gathering of former Treasury secretaries to welcome a newly minted one into the fold is usually a lighthearted…
As Trump Upends Global Trade, Europe Sees an Opportunity
President Trump has big ambitions for the global trading system and is using tariffs to try to rip it down…
The Job Market Has Been Resilient. The Trade War Could Be Its Undoing.
For three years, the U.S. economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and political instability at home…
Trump Says His Tariffs Will Address Unfair Global Trade. Is He Right?
President Trump has accused America’s trading partners of undermining the United States for decades, saying they have engaged in unfair…
Inflation Remained Sticky Ahead of Trump’s Escalating Trade War, PCE Data Shows
Americans hoping for some relief on inflation suffered a setback in February, as new data showed underlying price pressures intensifying…
With Car Tariffs, Trump Puts His Unorthodox Trade Theory to the Test
President Trump and his supporters have clashed with mainstream economists for years about the merits of tariffs. Now, the world…
Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running
When President Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in January, saying those countries needed to do more to…
A Trade War Is on Hold, but Trump’s Motives and a Fix Remain Uncertain
When I returned to Windsor, Ontario, the day before President Trump was set to impose potentially devastating tariffs on exports…
Trump Promises Tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and Paves Way for Further Trade Action
President Trump said on Monday night that he planned to impose a 25 percent tariff on products from Canada and…