EU imposes new tariffs on $23 billion in U.S. goods
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Imported steel and aluminum already subject to a 25% tariff will be excluded from the new tariffs President Trump announced Wednesday.
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In the aftermath of this week’s tariff whiplash, President Donald Trump is deciding exactly what he wants out of trade talks with as many as 75 nations in the coming weeks.
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There’s also been a sense of whiplash from Trump’s back-and-forth tariff threats and responding retaliation seen over the last few months.
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China's Ministry of Finance announced Friday that Beijing will increase tariffs on all U.S. goods from 84% to 125%, in response to the U.S. "imposition of abnormally high tariffs on 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.
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China announced countermeasures on Friday, raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday.
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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...
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The stated purpose of Trump’s import levies is to draw production back to the U.S. from around the world. Benzene illustrates that it won’t work with all products.
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24/7 Wall St. on MSNWhich Countries Will Get Slammed Worst by US Steel and Alluminum Tariffs?The impending recession, higher prices, lower wages, and economic slowdown are all consequences of Trump's ongoing trade war.
Japan's trade and industry ministry will consider taking action on imports of Chinese steel if any unfair practices are identified under World Trade Organization rules, a ministry official said on Thursday.
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The president's global raft of tariffs was dubbed "worse than the worst-case scenario" by experts, but the most alarming parts of the plan were delayed on April 9.
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The 'every man for himself' of the global steel industry facing Trump: "Tariffs threaten to flood Europe with foreign products, disaster is assured"Washington's barriers will push exporting countries with much lower production costs than their European competitors to redirect their production towards the European market. The United States is the country that imports the most steel in the world.
Cruz, a Texas Republican, is another senator who has been opposed to tariffs, saying in a 2018 Senate debate he is "against tariffs," and had made the case opposing them to Trump.
The European Union approved tariffs to hit around €21 billion ($23.2 billion) of US goods in retaliation for the 25% duties President Donald Trump imposed last month on the bloc’s steel and aluminum exports.
European officials said Trump’s climbdown — even if temporary — vindicated their unified strategy to resist harsh reprisals for the president’s trade barrages.