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'In the Spirit of Achieving Fair Trade'

By Joshua Gallu / Bloomberg

Trump and Xi Are Too Alike to Cut a Deal

By John Walcott

E.U. Explores Tariffs to Fight Climate Change

By Justin Worland

Tariffs Force Last U.S. TV Factory to Close

By Katie Reilly
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U.S. to Slap Tariffs on Additional $16 Billion of Chinese Goods

The move escalates a trade war between the world's two biggest economies

By Andrew Mayeda / Bloomberg

President Trump Talks About 'America First,' But Sherrod Brown Wears It

President Donald Trump talks a lot about his "America First" policies. As president, he's called for boycotts of companies that send production overseas, imposed tariffs intended to protect American manufacturers and launched a trade war...

By Abby Vesoulis

Why Trump's Trade War With China Is So Risky

President Donald Trump's looming trade war with China ratcheted up so quickly you might have missed it. Over the weekend, Trump engaged in a back-and-forth with the country that ultimately led him to threaten tariffs...

By Justin Worland

Trump's Trade War Is Already Hurting U.S. Whiskey

"It’s really American heritage that’s being attacked here"

By Ciara Nugent

Here Are 5 Ways a Trade War Could Hurt You

The scale of tensions between President Trump and his Chinese counterparts over tariffs and trade can be hard to comprehend when looking at them in aggregate. Last week alone Trump threatened to expand the value...

By Justin Worland

Why Trump's Trade War Could Cost Republicans the House

Republican insiders on Capitol Hill are trying to walk President Donald Trump away from a looming trade war with China, even as Trump's economic nationalist advisers argue that this week's high-stakes moves on tariffs are...

By Philip Elliott

Trump Says Tariffs Will Help Americans. But U.S. Farmers Fear They'll Be Hurt

"If we lose trade to China, our neighbors to the south will be glad to take up that trade"

By Justin Worland

President Trump Feels Good About White House Shake Ups. His Staffers Don't

It was early March, and President Donald Trump had a dramatic plan: impose a new round of import tariffs on America's largest trading partner, China. But in meeting after meeting, his aides warned just how...

By Philip Elliott

Trump Tariff Pitch Falls Flat With Republican Donors

Much of the party opposes these policies

By Alana Abramson

President Trump Offered a History Lesson on Tariffs. Here’s What He Left Out

He cited the pro-tariff views of everyone from George Washington to Teddy Roosevelt

By Lily Rothman

The President's Tariffs Were His First Big Break With the GOP

Not a single Republican lawmaker stood by him on stage

By Molly Ball

The Real Trade War Is Inside Donald Trump's White House

It has caused the most vicious infighting of the Administration

By Molly Ball

Trump Changes Tune on Trade Wars

After arguing that trade wars were good over the weekend, President Donald Trump dismissed the idea that the U.S. is gearing up for a trade war over proposed aluminum and steel tariffs on Monday. Speaking...

By Maya Rhodan

Trump's Tariffs 'Will Only Come Off' If NAFTA Deal Is Struck

His proposed steel and aluminum tariffs may hit a roadblock at the NAFTA talks

By Flora Carr

Trump Wants to Impose Steel Tariffs. It Didn't Work for Bush

A tariff could do more harm than good

By Justin Worland

A Coal Executive Switched to Building Solar Plants. Now He's Worried Trump Will Hurt His Business

Jim Lamon is the kind of businessman that Donald Trump would like. And Lamon is the kind of businessman who likes Trump. The CEO of Depcom Power grew up in Alabama, served in the Air...

By Justin Worland
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