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Kudlow: “Don’t class warfare me” on trade
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 3, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview, the president’s top economic adviser told Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal that tariffs are not hurting economic growth.
Decline of China’s currency lessens bite of U.S. tariffs
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Amy Scott
Aug 2, 2018
The trade story of the day is actually more of a currency story. As you know, the Trump administration has proposed another round of tariffs on some $200 billion worth of Chinese products — ranging from tobacco to dog food to plywood. Now, the president is threatening to more than double the size of that tariff […]
Higher tariffs on consumer goods resonate at a Texas Walmart
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Andy Uhler
Aug 2, 2018
On Wednesday, the Trump administration unveiled a proposal for even higher tariffs on many consumer goods imported from China. We went to a shopping center in Austin, Texas, to find out what buyers of those goods thought about the plan. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
How Wisconsin became the ginseng state — and part of the trade war
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Tony Wagner
Jul 31, 2018
Almost all the ginseng grown in America comes from the state, and the majority of that crop gets exported to China. It's the perfect target for retaliatory tariffs.
U.S. trade officials hold hearing on next batch of tariffs
Jul 24, 2018
In June, President Donald Trump announced tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, most of which went into effect earlier this month. Now U.S. trade officials are set to impose the rest of them, but not before a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday with U.S. business leaders. The list of products includes industrial machinery, communications […]
Mnuchin urges trading partners to drop “non-tariff barriers”
Jul 23, 2018
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S. is ready to negotiate with China, the EU, and Japan on trade. But at the conclusion of a G-20 finance leaders meeting in Argentina this weekend, Mnuchin said our trading partners would have to remove tariffs on U.S. goods — and get rid of “non-tariff barriers” on U.S. […]
And now, a currency war?
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Scott Tong
Jul 20, 2018
President Donald Trump today accused Beijing of manipulating its currency. This is not a new charge. But what has occurred is an 8 percent fall in the Chinese currency against the dollar since the trade spat began in the spring. That helps Chinese exporters, because it effectively makes their products cheaper. Click the audio […]
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Why the auto industry (mostly) opposes proposed tariffs
Jul 19, 2018
Even so-called "domestic" carmakers are global companies with international supply chains.
Why China loves American natural gas more than it hates our tariffs
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Justin Ho
Jul 11, 2018
Ever since the shale revolution turned the U.S. into one of the world’s biggest energy exporters, other countries have been clamoring to buy American oil. One product in particular is seeing huge demand abroad – liquefied natural gas. Refineries turn natural gas into liquid to make it easier to ship overseas. In fact, as trade […]
China vows retaliation for $200 billion U.S. tariff threat
Jul 11, 2018
The economic impact of the conflict is already spreading.