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via mishtalk: Trump is hopping mad the EU for at least seven reasons. Mad enough to foolishly smack them with tariffs? I Believe so. MarketWatch reports Trump Threatens Europe With Tariffs and … Read more
Trump is continually making the point that the stock market is up, NASDAQ is up and the economy is doing fantastic, he is using all the [DS] [CB] weapons against … Read more
from Zero Hedge The fact that the bottom hasn’t fallen out of the US economy (as many free traders warned that it would) has largely vindicated President Trump’s decision to push … Read more
by sundance In November of last year the New York Post interviewed President Trump asking specifically why he was not declassifying “spygate” documents, and inquiring about the purpose for his reluctance. President Trump responded: … Read more
via CNBC: Robert Lighthizer has reportedly told friends and associates he is intent on preventing Trump from accepting “empty promises” like temporary increases in soybean purchases. In order to avoid … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Imports are real benefits, exports real costs. Seems everyone of consequence has it backwards? A collapse in global trade can make 2008 look tame:
President Donald Trump suggested he could place a 10 percent tariff on iPhones and laptops imported from China, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Monday. He also … Read more
China’s former chief trade negotiator has hit out at Beijing over its approach to the US trade war, saying it’s not thinking “deeply enough” about it. “If we have people … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan has taken to blasting president Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have flung the United States into a full-fledged trade war with China. Greenspan … Read more
President Donald Trump plans to meet with his trade team on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. He reportedly wants to discuss a draft report on European auto tariffs. Trump sees the … Read more
by NineteenEighty9 The United States is preparing new tariffs against all remaining Chinese imports if trade talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping fail to reconcile the ongoing trade … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The warnings against tariffs were not heeded by the United States government, and they are now coming to fruition. Ford Motor Company has announced that the Trump Administration’s … Read more
BY PATRICK WATSON Trade policy is not a popular or well-understood topic among Americans. It’s even less so among younger Americans. Until now… maybe. I’ve recently visited the Texas Tribune Festival … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE Too often the tariff debate is fought along economic lines: will tariffs create jobs or will they funnel wealth into dying industries? This line of reasoning … Read more
via yahoo: With little prospect of a restart for U.S.-China trade talks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. now expects an escalation in tensions that will see higher American tariffs on all … Read more
