President Trump said Sunday that he would be announcing tariffs on semiconductors soon, though he suggested there could be exceptions for certain products. “The tariffs…
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) expressed uncertainty about President Trump’s trade policy to CNN’s Manu Raju on Wednesday. “I still don’t know exactly what his total…
President Trump increased tariffs on China to 125 percent on Wednesday, focusing his trade war for the time being on the world’s two largest economies…
YouTube entrepreneur and star MrBeast slammed President Trump’s “brutal” tariffs in a post on the social platform X on Tuesday. “Ironically because of all the…
Americans are deeply divided along partisan lines about tariffs and the U.S.’s foreign alliances, according to a new poll. In the poll from The Wall…
President Trump on Sunday defended his sweeping tariffs amid plunging markets, saying he did not “want anything to go down.” “When you look at the…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed Sunday that “more than 50 countries” have approached the Trump administration to bring down “non-tariff trade barriers,” reduce tariffs, and…
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) on Monday said a “tariff is a tax,” a day before the Trump administration’s imposition of “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs. In…
The CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States on Wednesday warned that a European whiskey tariff would be “very, very devastating.” “We’ve…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that Canada becoming a U.S. state is the “best way” to merge the two countries’ economies. “The best way,…
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Monday that the odds of a recession are “close to 50/50.” “I told [Kasie Hunt] @CNN today, I think…
Americans are missing their car payments at the highest rate in more than 30 years, data shows. According to Fitch Ratings, 6.56 percent of subprime…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Trump’s global trade tariffs on Thursday at the Economic Club of New York, explaining that the Trump administration’s “America…
A majority of Americans in a new poll said that the U.S. and not other countries will feel the brunt of President Trump’s tariffs. When…
Republican Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he supports “purging” personnel at the State Department. Mast joined CBS’s “Face…
The White House said Sunday night that a U.S.-Colombia agreement had come together in the wake of a back-and-forth between the two countries over topics…
President Biden said Thursday that he hopes President-elect Trump “rethinks” some of his tariff plans. “I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive…
NBC News’s Chuck Todd warned Wednesday that President-elect Trump’s plans for tariffs will likely increase the cost of avocados, calling it a “guacamole tax.” “If…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President-elect Trump’s tariffs “will definitely get Mexico to the table” to solve immigration and fentanyl problems. “If it…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) criticized President-elect Trump’s tariff threats in an interview Tuesday, after Trump said he would impose a steep import tax on Mexico,…