Trump, White House and China
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The rapid changes in tariffs have caused significant confusion for importers, many of whom depend on Chinese products, including major retailers as well as small businesses.
From The New York Times
As Trump reversed his larger “reciprocal” tariffs on most of the world in the face of recession fears, he nonetheless hiked his tariffs on China once again.
From The Boston Globe
The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries, European Com...
From Reuters
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Trump’s approach not only confuses China but it could hinder communication and roll back progress in U.S.-China ties.
President Trump blinked on Wednesday, pausing most of the tariffs he had sought to put on nations around the world. The one big exception is China, now the focus of an escalating trade war.
21hon MSN
President Donald Trump is happy to talk about the financial markets when they’re rising, as they were on Wednesday, but when markets were falling Thursday in the aftermath of his remarkable turnabout on tariffs,
Cars, consumer goods, and industrial equipment have been delayed at ports, stuck on rail cars, and languished in warehouses at times over the last few months due to the White House's on-again, off-again tariff policy.
In his second presidency, Donald Trump surrounded himself with aides who planned to “let Trump be Trump.” Then he found himself on the brink of a global economic crisis.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Trump's tariffs have created "chaos" and "confusion" in the commonwealth.
2don MSN
It was one week after Donald Trump’s big tariff announcement when the president pulled back from the import taxes that he had imposed on many U.S. trading partners.