Trump, Liberation Day and tariffs
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The news sent stock markets plummeting and other nations announced retaliation tariffs against the United States.
From USA TODAY
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had decided to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for those countries that didn't retaliate, while increasing tariffs on China, which announced furt...
From U.S. News & World Report
China again vowed to “fight to the end” against Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that trade between the two countries is in balance as a 104% tax on the country’s exports to the U.S. came...
From Associated Press
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President Donald Trump's "reciprocal' tariffs against U.S. trading partners went into effect at midnight Wednesday, raising costs to import goods from China, Europe Southeast Asia and more.
President Donald Trump paused his latest wave of tariffs on Wednesday after making big promises to Americans about how the tariffs would reshape the global economy with the U.S. at the center. "I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line,
China's state media posted a diss track mocking Donald Trump's tariffs with a satirical pop song generated by AI. The China Global Television Network (CGTN), which is under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party,
This analysis from the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business unpacks the April 2 tariff announcements from the White House.
At the same time, Trump announced that Chinese goods would now be subject to a 125% tariff, a further escalation in his trade war with China.
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Vietnam had a trade surplus of $123.5 billion with the U.S. last year, leading analysts to warn earlier this year that the country was most at risk. Hanoi had tried to win itself a reprieve by preemptively cutting import duties in the lead-up to April 2.
The Trump administration’s latest trade offensive is underway as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) begins enforcing “Liberation Day" tariffs, pulling in more than $200 million a day.
Mr. Trump announced last week that vehicles and auto parts imported into the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff rate. The auto tariffs are expected to go into effect at midnight, just hours after the latest round of tariff announcements by the president Wednesday afternoon.
President Trump just unveiled sweeping tariffs that will reverberate through the US economy, sending inflation higher and weakening economic growth.
Those moves marked some of the best days ever for these stock indexes, and while positive news about tariffs is welcome, investors still need to stay calm and play the long game. Trump announced the 90-day pause on tariffs from his Truth Social account,