Apparently tariffs are like duct tape: there’s nothing they can’t do. With that in mind Donald Trump is going to try to use tariffs – specifically a 5% tariff on all U.S. imports from Mexico, due to take effect June 10 – in order to force the Mexican government to somehow stop illegal […]
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Something good actually happened: Trump lifts tariffs on Mexico, Canada
Free trade supporters and internationalists got a glimmer of hope this week with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada. So will the rest of the world please start making sense now? We can only hope! Trump originally imposed the tariffs in […]
North America trade harmony would bolster U.S. in China trade war
TES GeoPolicy Editor Daniel McGroarty, a former White House staffer and congressional expert on resource and defense issues, argues in The Hill that a return to harmony in North American trade pacts would strengthen Donald Trump’s hand in ongoing U.S.-China trade talks. It also puts the U.S. in a better position to handle […]