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Trump at (trade) war
The Constitution makes plain that trade policy is the province of Congress, but Trump hasn’t been reading congressional leaders into his plans, let alone seeking legislative approval from them.
The WTO has deemed the impact of Trump’s tariff overhaul and ongoing uncertainty a “crisis” and warned that if the situation ...
The World Trade Organization says the volume of trade in goods worldwide is likely to decrease by 0.2% this year due to U.S.
Any doubt that the president was “all talk” about tariffs has been put to rest amid a flurry of tariffs, threats and ...
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction ...
United States President Donald Trump has announced a series of tariff policies, with shifting statements that have led to ...
To calculate its ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the Trump administration has opted for a crude formula with no basis in trade theory. We are all going to pay the price.
Follow live updates and the latest news on Trump’s tariffs, including market reactions to his administration's new trade ...
We use micro data collected at the border and at retailers to characterize the effects of recent changes in US trade policy -- particularly the tariffs placed on imports from China -- on importers, ...
Marc Giannoni, the chief U.S. economist at Barclays, said that uncertainty over the direction of trade policy would encourage businesses to hold off on making new investments in factories and ...
This policy, he had added, aims to match the tariffs that other countries impose on US exports, thereby addressing perceived trade imbalances. The announcement has significantly impacted global ...
Anthony Devlin/Getty Images “In addition to the direct impact of higher tariffs, there is an increase in trade policy uncertainty which further dampens economic activity in the first few years of the ...