Trump to sign tariffs on Thursday but some countries could escape them – The New York Times
Trump blames trade deficit on past US presidents, “From Bush 1 to present, our Country has lost more than 55,000 factories, 6,000,000 manufacturing jobs and accumulated Trade Deficits of more than 12 Trillion Dollars” – New York Post
Trump eyes another trade crackdown, a separate action related to China’s intellectual property practices could be unveiled soon – POLITICO
Trade war: Trump threatens to slap 25% tariff on European cars – usatoday.com
VIDEO: Trump’s remarks on the trade deficit, ‘When we’re down by $30 billion, $40 billion, $60 billion, $100 billion, the trade war hurts them; it doesn’t hurt us’ – CNN
More than 100 GOP House lawmakers sign letter objecting to Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs – WSJ
Text of the House Republicans’ letter to the White House objecting to President Donald Trump’s tariffs – WSJ
Schumer: Trump must back down from ‘sweeping’ tariffs – TheHill
Trump finds some friends on tariffs: Red-state Democrats – POLITICO
Gary Cohn says he will resign as Trump’s top economic adviser – The New York Times
VIDEO: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on trade, tariffs – CNBC
‘Death by China’ economist Peter Navarro ascendant as Trump pushes tariffs, hits China – reuters.com
U.S. international trade in goods and services – U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
CHART: United States balance of trade,1950-2018 – tradingeconomics.com
U.S. Steel to reopen Illinois steel plant due to Trump steel tariff – usatoday.com
GM can offset tariff impact, but rising costs to hurt demand for cars – CNBC
China could target U.S. firms if Trump levies tariffs, group warns – The New York Times
The U.S. businesses at risk from trade war with China – Bloomberg
China leads charge against U.S. tariffs at WTO meeting – reuters.com
U.S. weighs taxing imports that could hit China manufacturers- Bloomberg
China searches for point person to manage relationship with Trump – ft.com
EU tells Trump to brace for retaliation over metal tariffs – Bloomberg
EU leader responds to Trump’s tariff plan: ‘We can also do stupid’ – MarketWatch
Mexico Economy Minister: NAFTA must remain trilateral accord – VOA
Mexican auto production and exports are surging as NAFTA talks drag on – cnbc.com
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Cannot be trusted to be an ally? Did you watch him ? Did you hear the Q&A afterwards? He was quite clear Tariffs would be reciprocal & that the Steel Tariffs in particular would not hit those that pay their defense dues. It”s ok for the EU to stamp its feet & say the US can & can”t do this that & the other but the US can do what it likes it is a sovereign nation responsible for its own economy & the EU can”t force the US to subject its friends to the same tariffs it may impose against those that he believes aren”t “playing fair