A 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect just after midnight Tuesday, and it remains to be seen if Mr. Trump will strike a deal to remove them.
A 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect just after midnight Tuesday, and it remains to be seen if Mr. Trump will strike a deal to remove them.
The president is right that the economy is a powerful lever against other countries. But how much will his tactics erode it?
The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.
President Trump’s tariff measures included a significant change to trade rules that could increase costs for many products bought online, including on Amazon, Shein and Temu.
President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand.
President Trump said he was using powers granted under the law to impose tariffs on the United States’ largest trading partners.
The invoking of national security to unravel trade agreements could scramble the international trading system in China’s favor.
President Trump has insisted that his new tariffs on America’s largest trading partners will not increase prices for Americans. But a review of how they work suggests that is not the case.
General Motors and a few other companies make as much as 40 percent of their North American cars and trucks in Canada and Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to tariffs.
Ties between the United States and Mexico have deepened over 30 years of free trade, creating both benefits and irritants.