Trump, Tariffs and Recession
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President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs will raise the likelihood of a recession and hike prices for an array of goods, including coffee, bananas, laptops and toys, multiple analysts told ABC Ne...
Reuters |
The latest round of U.S. trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered from the post-pandemic inflation surge, weighed down by record debt and unn...
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Trump, Republicans and Tariffs
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Newsweek |
The president announced sweeping new tariffs on almost all U.S. trading partners on April 2, which he dubbed "Liberation Day."
The New York Times |
The Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that would block some of the tariffs President Trump has imposed on Canada, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats to pass a resolution that would ...
AOL |
Trump’s tariffs quickly triggered a significant sell-off in the stock market, with major indexes on track for their worst day since at least 2022.
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Trump, tariff and U.S. trade deficit
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The Financial Times |
Trump has elevated tariffs to rates last seen after passage of the infamous Smoot-Hawley Act in the Great Depression.
USA Today |
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 10% tariff on all imports but even higher rates on dozens of trading partners including China, India and the European Union.
U.S. News & World Report |
"Trade deficits are no longer merely an economic problem. They are a national emergency," Trump said.
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The tariffs were fueling the strongest GOP pushback since Trump's inauguration, though Speaker Mike Johnson defended them
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The U.S. job market is slowing at a time when Americans are increasingly anxious about what President Donald Trump’s trade wars are going to do to the economy.
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday gave a wide-ranging interview on "Fox & Friends," including touching on the economy and the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump should run the global economy as markets plummet due to the onset of Wednesday’s tariff announcement for a range of nations. “Let Donald
Sweeping global "reciprocal" tariffs announced by President Donald Trump provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and urgent calls for negotiations.
The Trump administration's aggressive global tariff regime against imported goods from some of its closest allies has drawn strong reactions across the board.
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Everything from crude oil to Big Tech stocks to the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies has fallen.
On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by White House economic reporter Jeff Stein to discuss President Trump's proposed sweeping tariffs – and the day he and his team have referred to as "Liberation Day.