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Trump to consider paying citizens 'dividends' from tariffs revenue
US President Donald Trump said on Friday (August 1) he might consider giving 'dividends' from tariffs revenue to citizens.
Trump's Brazil trade squeeze gives tariff challengers fresh legal ammunition
The move may provide ammunition to plaintiffs aiming to bring down the centerpiece of the White House's tariff agenda.
Donald Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat Gives Brazil’s Central Bank a New Headache
Brazil central bank’s strategy to keep interest rates high for a prolonged period will be put to the test by the 50% tariffs ...
Donald Trump Slaps Canada With 35% Tariffs As August 1 Deadline Passes – Update
Donald Trump has hit Canada with 35% tariffs and raised levies on Mexico, Brazil, South Korea as the August 1 deadline passes ...
Analysis-Trump's 50% Brazil Coffee Tariff Expected to Rejig Trade, Send More Beans to China
A 50% tariff on some Brazilian products, including coffee, will begin on August 6, the administration of U.S. President ...
Here’s what could get more expensive from Trump’s massive tariff hikes
President Donald Trump has said that tariffs won’t lead to higher prices. But the United States economy seems to disagree: Inflation, which has remained fairly tame, is slowly creeping up because of ...
Trump wields tariffs for foreign policy leverage
President Trump aims to use a historic increase in tariffs, which he announced on July 31, to overhaul global trading ...
Maddow Blog | Trump’s radical tariff gambit toward Brazil goes from bad to worse
The closer one looks at Donald Trump's efforts to derail a foreign criminal case against Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, the worse ...