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Trump’s sweeping tariffs undermine decades-old global trade system

Business, Economics and Jobs

President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs announced on Wednesday are designed to project strength, raise revenue for tax cuts and revive US manufacturing. But skeptics say the tariffs will pull the rug out from under a global trade system that — despite its flaws — has delivered prosperity for many global players for decades. Host Carolyn Beeler discusses the implications with Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, an international consulting firm.

lobster fishing boat at sea

Maine’s lobster industry is still feeling the effects of the trade war with China

Business, Economics and Jobs
US President Donald Trump is shown with his right hand raised and wearing a dark suit with a red tie.

Trump vows tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are shown walking with the US and China flags in the background and Trump waving.

China to impose tariffs on US goods despite Trump warning

US and Chinese flags are showing flying with a photographer in the background at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

China warnings signal Trump’s trade war finally hitting home

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Democrat-led House seen backing Trump’s China trade war

The new Democrat majority in the US House of Representatives is likely to back President Donald Trump’s trade war with China and could even egg him on.

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China demands US ‘dispel obstacles’ to military ties and stop slander

Conflict & Justice

China demanded the United States “dispel obstacles” to improving military ties and stop slandering it, amid growing tensions over trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and President Donald Trump’s claims of China meddling in the upcoming US election.

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Alaska’s seafood industry waits for China tariff pain

Economics

After working for years to attract the Chinese market, Alaska’s seafood industry now faces a 25 percent tariff, a response to the Trump administration’s levies on Chinese goods.

US President Donald Trump, wearing a suit and blue-stripped tie, waves as he arrives to board Air Force One.

‘Fair trade, fool trade,’ Trump’s tweets spew ire on NATO allies, Trudeau

Global Politics

US President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend.

President Donald Trump in the White House East Room.

Trump promises US friends ‘flexibility’ as trade war warnings rise

Economics

President Donald Trump promised on Thursday to show great flexibility and cooperation toward the United States’ “real friends” as he prepared to impose import tariffs that have provoked warnings of a trade war from Europe and China.

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