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A wild week on Wall Street

by Molly Wood
Mar 30, 2018
Policy change and international trade tensions are behind a reactive market.
Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 26.
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Why a trade war can't be won

by Lizzie O'Leary
Mar 30, 2018
..and why so many countries stand to lose.
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Trade showdown

China's carrot and stick approach to U.S. tariffs

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 26, 2018
The U.S. has accused the country of forcing American firms to transfer technology to gain access to its markets.
President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese products. Above, a worker stands on a dock in Shanghai.
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U.S.-China trade war? Not many people in China think it's likely

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 8, 2018
While news of steel and aluminium tariffs have dominated the news in the U.S., in China the reaction has been subdued.
Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2018.
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How seriously should the world take this tariff talk?

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 5, 2018
The tariffs President Donald Trump has been talking about could ignite a trade war.
Major stock indexes plunged following President Donald Trump's announcement that he was imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. 
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A helpful guide to trade terminology

by Annie Rees
Mar 2, 2018
Definitions for a few common terms you may hear in the debate over the recently announced steel and aluminium trade tariffs.
The World Trade Organization, headquartered in Geneva, acts like a referee.  . 
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Steelworkers want a crackdown on "cheaters" in the global steel industry

by David Brancaccio
Mar 2, 2018
The international president of the United Steelworkers says we're already in a trade war.
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Is world trade moving on without the United States? Yeah, basically.

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 25, 2018
In an interview President Donald Trump did with CNBC on Thursday after getting to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, he said he prefers bilateral trade deals — the U.S. and one other country. But, he added, that he’d be open to bigger treaties, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement that was created by […]
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Why Trump's solar and washing machine tariffs may play well in Michigan

by David Brancaccio
Jan 25, 2018
A former Democratic state politician says the taxes are one of the few things the president has done that he can support.
President Donald Trump displays a Section 201 action as US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer witnesses, in the Oval Office, at the White House, January 23, 2018, in Washington, DC. The administration is issuing tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines to protect American manufacturing companies against dumping by foreign countries, mainly China, and including South Korea.
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