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US tariffs risk hitting highest levels for 50 years, says ECB

Claire Jones | Financial Times | 08/09/2018

The European Central Bank has warned that US tariffs are in danger of reaching their highest levels for half a century as its concerns mount about the impact of Donald…

You Live in Robert Lighthizer’s World Now

Quinn Slobodian | 08/08/2018

Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, sat th...

South Carolina manufacturer says it’s closing plant over Trump tariffs

Aris Folley | 08/08/2018

Element Electronics, a consumer electronics company in South...

Are Tariff Worries Cutting into Business Investment?

David Altig, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Nick Parker | 08/08/2018

“Nobody’s mod...

U.S. Readies to Slap Duties on $16 Billion of Chinese Goods

Andrew Mayeda | 08/08/2018

The U.S. said it will begin imposing 25 percent duties on an additional $16...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing Trade With China. Here Are 2 Emerging Endgames.

Keith Bradsher | 08/08/2018

BEIJING — The United States and China have sparred repe...

Why Republicans don’t push back on Trump’s China tariffs

John Seungmin Kuk, Deborah Seligsohn and Jiakun Jack Zhang | 08/07/2018

On Friday, Beijing announced ...

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