Trump Sets 25% Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, Widening Trade War
President Donald Trump ordered a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, escalating his efforts to protect politically important US industries with levies hitting some of the country’s closest allies.
Chinese tariffs take effect, ratcheting up nascent trade war with U.S.
Chinese tariffs on U.S. products including LNG, coal and agricultural equipment were imposed Monday, in response to Trump’s 10 percent blanket levy.
A Trade War Is on Hold, but Trump’s Motives and a Fix Remain Uncertain
President Trump announced potentially crippling tariffs against Canada, only to suspend them for 30 days. What will satisfy him remains unknown.
Trump’s 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn’t and a Mideast jolt
President Donald Trump keeps cranking out executive orders designed to remake the government while his ally and adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, hunts for more ways to upend the federal workforce.
Trump’s Trade War Threatens The Global Economy And Markets
Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China suggest he is willing to risk a global trade war. The main thing that could stop him would be a stock market selloff.
Trump imposes steel and aluminium tariffs as global economic war expands
In fact, the economic objectives are internally contradictory. On the one hand, Trump says that the dollar is over-valued, and this has impeded America’s competitive position in global markets. But on the other, the imposition of tariffs tends to worsen this problem because it raises the value of the dollar and thereby the price of US goods.
In the face of a trade war with America’s neighbors, Trump blinked
Punishing 25% levies on imports from America’s closest neighbors were due to come into force at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, but Trump put his two-front trade war on hold, claiming he’d scored two big wins and major concessions.
How tariffs and a trade war will be bad for the Pacific Northwest
President Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt everything from Washington farmers and seaports to customers and businesses, columnist Jon Talton writes.
NZ households will be slightly worse off if Trump triggers a trade war – new modelling
Donald Trump has already made good on his threat to impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods, and is due to announce a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the United States. While he has paused proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports for the time being,
After DeepSeek, the AI version of a global trade war is one the U.S. won't win easily
Chip export controls were supposed to prevent China from rivaling U.S.-based gen AI. DeepSeek got around that, and tougher rules may not do much better.
What are the risks of a U.S.-China trade war, and can conflict be averted?
The world's two biggest economies are on the brink of an economically destructive trade war. Here's what experts think could ...
Trump Trade Nominee Defends Plan to Reorder International Trade
Jamieson Greer advocated restructuring the international trading system and defended the president’s aggressive actions ...
US tariffs are lose-lose scenario and will fuel inflation, says EU trade commissioner
The United States will be fuelling inflation with its move to resume tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, European Union ...
In a tariff war, everybody loses: economist Joel Naroff
Why, Naroff asks, would the White House upend the international trade structure by going after our closest trading partners?