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President Trump is reportedly pushing for higher blanket tariffs on imports from the European Union, throwing a wrench in negotiations ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline for sweeping duties to take effect. The Financial Times reported that Trump wants a minimum of a 15% to 20% tariff on EU goods as part of any deal.
Trump has rolled back many of his steepest tariffs over recent months, including a sky-high levy on China, the top source of U.S. imports. In recent days, however, Trump announced plans to slap tariffs as high as 50% on dozens of countries, including 25% tariffs on top U.S. trade partners such as Japan and South Korea.
President Trump has been in office for six months, delivering on campaign promises, securing his "big beautiful bill" by his self-imposed deadline and taking decisive action on the world stage.
President Donald Trump is readying plans for industry-specific tariffs to kick in alongside his country-by-country duties in two weeks, ramping up his push to reshape the US’s standing in the global trading system by penalizing purchases from abroad.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks China will begin sentencing people to death for fentanyl manufacturing and distribution. Speaking at an event for the signing of the HALT Fentanyl Act,
For investors, the risk now is that the slow drip of news on tariffs leads to complacency about the damage they might cause-the Nasdaq stock index closed a record high yesterday.
President Trump's tariffs are almost "tailor-made" to hit the goods that lower income households prefer to purchase, says economist Ernie Tedeschi of Yale's nonpartisan Budget Lab.
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Stocktwits on MSNTrump’s Softer China Stance Could Earn Beijing Tariff Extension as White House Eyes Xi Meeting and Trade Breakthrough: ReportPresident Donald Trump has reportedly toned down his attacks on China amid the White House’s efforts to secure a final trade deal with the Asian nation. The Trump administration's efforts to arrange a meeting between the leaders of two of the world’s largest economies could also be a motive for the U.
Long before President Trump wielded tariffs as a weapon to punish Indonesia, the country was fighting back a flood of cheap Chinese goods.
After slashing billions in foreign aid, including shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Trump administration says it is forging a new approach: "commercial diplomacy." Trade,