WASHINGTON – Congress has cleared the first major hurdle in their efforts to pass a sweeping party-line bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda. Now the work begins.

While the White House is waging a trade war on behalf of US manufacturing, the largest and most important part of the US economy, one that has a trade surplus, not a gap, is under threat.

New tariffs by President Trump may increase prices on various goods. A 90-day pause lowers tariffs to 10% according to White ...