Mar 22 Trump signs order punishing China on trade By Paul Wiseman, Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that paves the way for imposing tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese imports. Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump to ‘pause’ looming metal tariffs for some countries By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump is planning to impose tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. Continue reading
Mar 13 Austin Goolsbee says the Trump tariffs are like his Aunt Trina’s lasagna By Paul Solman Host Peter Sagal asked for Goolsbee's take on the Trump tariffs, and the economist, quite amusing himself, offered this anecdote about his aunt Trina and uncle Bob, who lived in Lubbock, Texas. Continue reading
Mar 12 Trump says Commerce Secretary will talk tariffs with EU By Associated Press President Donald Trump says his commerce secretary will be talking to the European Union about tariffs Trump argues have been unfair to the United States. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 22:22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 11, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 11, President Trump makes big foreign policy decisions ahead of Pennsylvania polls, and a tour of the Armory Show, one of the world’s biggest art fairs. Also, what one couple learned from their shift… Continue watching
Mar 09 What the latest jobs numbers mean for American workers (and Trump’s new tariffs) By Daniel Bush Five things you should know about February's jobs report. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 5:40 How Trump’s claims that tariffs are needed for national security could set a problematic precedent By PBS News Hour President Trump’s steep new tariffs signed into law on Thursday could lead to bigger trade battles in the months to come. Even before the announcement, 11 Asian Pacific nations signed a pact to slash tariffs on their mutual trade. Hari… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 9:29 Meet the Trump trade adviser whose tariff policy is about to be tested By PBS News Hour Peter Navarro is one of the key White House figures who has made a case for imposing stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. What ideas and philosophy drive Navarro? Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits his profile of Trump's… Continue watching
Mar 08 Trump’s tariffs will do more harm than good, experts say By Daniel Bush President Donald Trump on Thursday executed one of his most significant -- and controversial -- moves on trade policy since taking office. Trade experts, economists and business leaders share their perspectives on how the new tariffs might impact the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 08 WATCH: Trump signs steep new tariffs on steel, aluminum By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump is expected to speak around 3:30 p.m. ET. Watch live in the player above. Continue reading