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Will tariffs on Chinese products protect U.S. jobs?

by Jennifer Pak
Jul 2, 2018
Some businesses say the imminent tariffs could force them to raise prices or cut pay.
A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong based CSCL East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland on June 20, 2018 in Oakland, California. 
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Is China forcing U.S. tech companies to hand over their secrets?

by Molly Wood and Jennifer Pak
Jun 27, 2018
Escalating trade tensions could cause consumer prices to rise.
The ZTE logo is seen on a building in Beijing on May 2, 2018.
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German automakers are looking for a better trade deal

by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan
Jun 21, 2018
Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen are proposing to end tariffs on U.S.-imported cars.
Robots weld the bodies of Volkswagen Tiguans at the Volkswagen factory in 2012 in Wolfsburg, Germany.
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What's a trade war and are we in one?

by Tracey Samuelson
Jun 18, 2018
The definition is squishy, but most economists would probably agree we're not there yet.
A worker repairs shipping containers at the Port of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China, in 2013.
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What is the future like for hog farmers in this country?

by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan
Jun 15, 2018
China imposed tariffs on U.S. pork in April. Every day, "I'm afraid we're one step closer down the road to a trade war," one farmer says.
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China announces equal penalties to retaliate for US tariffs

by Associated Press
Jun 15, 2018
The move comes after President Trump announced $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods.
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How U.S. trade policy has changed over 30 years

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 8, 2018
For decades, the global economy has trended toward more free trade, not less. Until now.
“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. They are our allies,” President Ronald Reagan said in 1988.
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What products are making all the retaliatory tariff lists?

by Kai Ryssdal , Phoebe Unterman and Josie Fan
Jun 7, 2018
We looked through the lists of tariffs Mexico, Canada and the European Union are imposing on the United States in response to the 25 percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs. And we found some commonalities: orange juice, whiskey, motor boats and kitchenware among them. So why these products? We talked with Wendy Cutler, vice […]
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For this Canadian company, tariffs "hit from both ends"

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 5, 2018
"We should all be working together" says Paul McGrath of JEM Strapping Systems.
Workers remove a coil from the production line for quality-control testing during steel production at the NLMK Indiana steel mill in March in Portage, Indiana.
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Filing for a tariff exemption? You probably need a lawyer

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jun 5, 2018
The cost of legal fees has come up among many we’ve interviewed about the process of applying for exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs from the Department of Commerce. Kate Karol, counsel at Butzel Long in Detroit, has been working with several clients on their applications and said the people at her firm have spent […]
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