TARIFFS

Nonpartisan Analysis:
“U.S. Tariff Policy: Overview” – Congressional Research Service
“Tariffs and Federal Finances: A Thumbnail History” – Congressional Research Service
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Sat, March 29, 2025:
Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of his tariffs; He expressed confidence that the policy would prompt more Americans to buy cars and trucks made in the U.S. – WP

Fri, March 28, 2025:
Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs;  Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up – WSJ
GOP’s most often cited economist warns Trump’s 25% tariffs could add $4,711 to the cost of a vehicle and weaken the ability of U.S. automakers to compete – AP

Thurs, March 27, 2025:
The prospect of finding an affordable new car has been fading for many Americans not in the upper tax brackets. And it’s going to get more bleak with the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump is slapping on imported vehicles.…Auto prices broadly could rise 11.4% on average in the US if tariffs are fully passed on to consumers. – Bloomberg
Wall Street analysts say Elon Musk is the clear auto tariff winner: ‘Tesla wins, Detroit bleeds’ – CNBC

Wed, March 26, 2025:
Trump Plans to Impose 25% Tariff on Imported Vehicles. President leaves little room for exempting Canada or Mexico – WSJ
Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Imported Cars and Car Parts; The measure, which is intended to bring car factories to the United States, could significantly raise prices for consumers. – NYT
Canadian PM: Trump trade war ‘hurting American consumers and workers’ – The Hill

Tues, March 25, 2025:
Trump’s Threat of ‘Secondary Tariffs’ Invents New Trade Tool – Bloomberg

Mon, March 24, 2025:
Trade war explodes across world at pace not seen in decades; Proliferating tariffs engulfing U.S., China and their partners draw parallels to 1930s protectionist spiral – WSJ

Fri, March 21, 2025:
Tracking every Trump tariff and its economic effect – Bloomberg

Thurs, March 20, 2025:
Europe delays tariffs on U.S. whiskey to make time to negotiate – NYT

Wed, March 19, 2025:
Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions – WP
“Through his first two months in office, the president has raised tariffs on roughly $800 billion in imports from China, Mexico and Canada…. These tariffs have sent the stock market careening and raised the risks of a U.S. recession, while inviting retaliation against domestic industries by trade partners. Despite the blowback, senior Trump advisers are now publicly pledging to create a new tariff regime that would impose new duties on goods from most countries that trade with the United States….Administration officials are debating what legal authority the president can invoke to impose a reciprocal system….Meanwhile, scores of industries…have lined up in recent weeks to ask the Trump administration for tariff protection against foreign competitors as part of the administration’s trade jousting.”

Thurs, March 13, 2025:
President Donald Trump said the US would respond to the European Union’s countermeasures against his new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum. Canada announced new 25% tariffs on about $20.8 billion of US-made products. – Bloomberg
Trump threatens to put 200% tariff on French champagne and other EU spirits – CNBC
Trump’s tariff threat sends French wine and champagne makers reeling; Industry representatives warned that a 200 percent tax on European wines and spirits would halt shipments to the United States and wipe €4 billion off France’s trade balance. – NYT

Wed, March 12, 2025:
Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Canada and Europe retaliate – CNN
EU, Canada retaliate against Trump’s tariffs as trade war escalates – WP
Trump vows US will respond to Europe’s metal tariff retaliation – Bloomberg

Tues, March 11, 2025:
What happened the last time Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum – Reuters
How Do You Like the Trade War Now? – WSJ Editorial Bd
“We said from the beginning that this North American trade war is the dumbest in history, and we were being kind.”
Ontario premier backs down on US electricity hikes, prompting Trump to halt doubling tariffs – AP
Trump caps wild day, reversing threat to double tariffs on Canadian steel. The U.S. is still on track to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum to 25 percent for global imports. – WP

Fri, March 7, 2025:
Trump says he may hit Canada with dairy, lumber tariffs soon – Bloomberg

Thurs, March 6, 2025:
Trump on Thursday signed executive actions that delay for nearly one month tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada that are covered by the USMCA free trade treaty – CNN
Trump grants one-month tariff reprieve to some goods from Mexico, Canada – WP
How talks to avert tariffs on Mexico and Canada fell apart – WSJ

Wed, March 5, 2025:
Trade war puts sales of 12 million tons of US crops under threat – Bloomberg
Canada won’t scrap tariffs unless all US levies are lifted – Bloomberg
Trump agrees to one-month tariff reprieve aimed at helping U.S. automakers, as he says more tariffs are coming April 2 – WP
US weighs one-month delay of auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico – Bloomberg

Tues, March 4, 2025:
Do Canada and Mexico deserve Trump’s tariffs? – WP Editorial Bd
China unveils new economic targets as Trump deepens global trade war – Bloomberg
Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation with new tariffs from Mexico, Canada and China – AP
Trump’s trade war sparks broad backlash – Politico
China, Mexico and Canada to retaliate after Trump imposes new tariffs – WP

Mon, March 3, 2025:
Trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge – WSJ Editorial Bd
The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of 20% tariffs on China and 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico – Yale Budget Lab

Fri, Feb 28, 2025:
Trump’s Tariff Onslaught Is Coming Faster Than His Team Can Carry It Out. Admin officials are indicating that the full reciprocal action will take longer than April timeline to implement – WSJ
Don’t discount Tariff Man’s threats – Politico

Thurs, Feb 27, 2025:
President Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China. AP

Wed, Feb 26, 2025: 
Trump sows confusion around global tariffs timing, scope – Bloomberg
How federal cost-cutting savages retailers and farmers – WP/Fisher

Mon, Feb 24, 2025:
Trump team seeks to toughen Biden’s chip controls over China – Bloomberg
Trump targets China with biggest salvo so far in second term – Bloomberg

Thurs, Feb 20, 2025:
Trump’s myth of the trade deficit. Economic growth depends on deregulation, tax cuts and the budget deficit, not on the balance of trade. – WSJ/Gramm

Wed, Feb 19, 2025:
Trump floats tariffs on cars, chips and drugs – Bloomberg
Reciprocal tariffs really mean chaos for global trade; America has tried reciprocity before, and discovered its flaws. “What happens when you ditch the principles that underpinned global trade for three-quarters of a century? Donald Trump hopes to find out. He wants to levy “reciprocal” tariffs, which match the duties American exports face abroad, plus charges to offset any policy he deems unfair. A stable multilateral trade system which has, for all its flaws, fostered miraculous rises in global prosperity would give way to arbitrary judgments made in the Oval Office.”  Economist

Tues, Feb 18, 2025:
Trump floats 25% tariffs on US Auto, Drug, Chip Imports – Bloomberg

Sun, Feb 16, 2025: 
In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation – NYT

Sat, Feb 15, 2025:
In a Trump trade war against Europe, China wins – Bloomberg

Fri, Feb 14, 2025:
Trump says he will introduce new tariffs on autos around April 2 – Bloomberg
Trump says auto tariffs coming April 2 – NYT

Tues, Feb 11, 2025: 
Ford CEO: Lasting 25% tariff on Canada, Mexico would ‘blow a hole’ in US auto industry – DetroitFP
Trump imposes global 25% steel, aluminum tariffs – WSJ

Mon, Feb 10, 2025:
Trump announces 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, dealing blow to Canada and Mexico–WP
Trump sets 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum as trade war grows – Bloomberg

Sun, Feb 9, 2025:
China’s economic bullying has backfired. Now Trump is imitating it. – WP/Boot

Fri, Feb 7, 2025:
Trump says he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs next week, will affect “everyone” – Bloomberg
Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a talk with business leaders, said Canada’s wealth of critical minerals are behind Mr. Trump’s comments about making its northern neighbor a U.S. state. – NYT
Trump delayed tariffs on low-cost items from China – The Hill

Wed. Feb 5, 2025:
USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong – WP
Ford CEO warns tariffs could cost auto industry billions – Bloomberg

Tues, Feb 4, 2025:
Chinese stocks drop as USPS suspends parcels from China, Hong Kong – Bloomberg
China hits back against Trump’s tariffs with targeted actions including 10-15% levies on US energy, agricultural tools; Beijing imposed a 15% levy on less than $5 billion of US energy imports and a moderate 10% fee on American oil and agricultural equipment on Tuesday – Bloomberg
Mexico and Canada reach last-minute deal with Trump to avert trade war – NYT
China hit back against US tariffs with levies on US energy exports and farm machinery, an antitrust probe into Google, and restrictions on Chinese exports of key minerals, effective Feb. 10 – WSJ

Mon, Feb 3, 2025:
Trump says tariffs on goods imported from the EU are next – NYT
China in focus after Trump tariffs on Mexico, Canada delayed – Bloomberg
Trump announces 30-day pause on US tariffs on Canada – CNN
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico for one month – CNN
Trump halts tariffs on Mexico as it rushes troops to border – Mexico
Mexico to add 10,000 border troops as US delays tariffs – Bloomberg
Putin enjoying fissures in the NATO alliance praises Trump tariffs – CNBC

Sun, Feb 2, 2025:
The dumbest trade war fallout begins – WSJ editorial board
Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before – Economist

Sat, Feb. 1, 2025:
Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China – WP
“Mexico is the largest source of imports to the United States, followed by China and Canada. Together they account for 43 percent of the $3.1 trillion in goods that are imported.”
Trump imposes steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China – NYT
Trump announces significant new tariffs on Mexico, Canada & China, sparking retaliatory actions–CNN
Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China – CNBC

Fri, Jan 31, 2025:
Tariffs: Trump is “gambling that taxing American companies for imported goods will ultimately punish the countries that make stuff Americans want — and bring those nations to the negotiating table. But it’s a risky bet that could easily backfire on American consumers and the economy.” CNN
Trump threatens widening trade war as first tariffs loom Saturday – WSJ
China, Canada, Mexico promise tariffs on U.S. exports in response – NYTimes
From avacados to autos, Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hit close to home – AP

Thurs, Jan 30, 2025: Trump warns Canada, Mexico tariffs are coming on Saturday – The Hill
“I’ll be putting the tariff of 25 percent on Canada and Mexico, and we will really have to do that because we have very big deficits with those countries,” Trump said. “Those tariffs may or may not rise with time.”

Mon, Jan 27, 2025: Trump renews universal tariff threat – Bloomberg

Mon, Jan 27, 2025:  Johnson vows “no daylight” between Congress, Trump on tariff-immigration threats – Politico

Sun, Jan 26, 2025: Trump aides want to hit Mexico, Canada with tariffs before talks – 25% import levy could go into place as soon as Feb 1 – WSJ

Sat, Jan 25, 2025:  Trump tariffs are a wealth killer – WSJ Andy Kessler
“We will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” President Trump declared in his inauguration speech. Adam Smith is turning in his grave. Tariffs destroy wealth. No matter, Mr. Trump said he may slap 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1 and 10% on China….new Trump tariffs will raise prices and restrict other countries from affording our high-margin exports—drugs, phones, planes and many software and artificial-intelligence services….Tariffs are coming. Expect retaliation and inflation—precisely why tariffs don’t work.”

Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Here’s what will get more expensive from 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada – CNN

Tues, Jan 21, 2025: How could Trump’s tariffs affect the U.S., Canada and Mexico? NYTimes

Tues, Jan 14, 2025: Trump says he’ll create “External Revenue Service” to collect tariffs, foreign revenues – CNBC

Mon, Jan 13, 2025:
Before Trump starts trade wars, he should consider where the world’s rare earth metals necessary for electronics are located – Statista
Trump team studies gradual tariff hikes under emergency powers – Bloomberg

Thurs, Jan 9, 2025: With protective trade policies, America risks isolation – WashPost

Wed, Dec 18, 2024: Effects of Illustrative Tariff Increases – CBO

Thurs, Dec 12, 2024: “With Trump’s second term approaching, China is signaling how it will counter his promised tariffs. In recent days, Beijing has launched a regulatory probe into U.S. semiconductor champion Nvidia, threatened to blacklist a prominent American apparel maker, blocked the export of critical minerals to the U.S. and squeezed the supply chain for drones.” – WSJ
Here’s what could get more expensive under Trump’s tariff plans – CNN

Sun, Dec 8, 2024:  Trump “can’t guarantee” Americans won’t pay more with tariffs – Politico

Tues, Dec. 3, 2024:  What is a tariff; who pays tariffs, and what is the impact? – Investors.com

Sun, Dec. 1, 2024: Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries – CNN

Tues, Nov. 26, 2024:
Trump’s tariffs, explained – WashPost
Trump says he will hit China, Canada and Mexico with new tariffs in response to illegal migration and drug trafficking – FT
Trump’s threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers – AP