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Posted June 12, 2018
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the risks to the global economy are rising as major industrial nations sharpen threats of a trade war and U.S. actions undermine business confidence. Continue Reading
Posted June 11, 2018
President Trump and two of his top advisers reacted with hostile outrage to remarks by Trudeau at the G7 meeting stating firmly that Canada would not be “pushed around” by its largest trading partner. Continue Reading
Posted June 11, 2018
Now claiming that his Section 232 metals tariffs were imposed in response to Canada’s “tremendous tariffs” on certain dairy imports, Trump is calling for the scrapping of all barriers to U.S. ag exports. Continue Reading
Posted June 11, 2018
Canada and other G7 countries weren’t the only targets of Trump’s ire this weekend, when he took a swipe at India’s trade practices after likening the U.S. to a “piggybank that everybody is robbing.” Continue Reading
Posted June 08, 2018
Departing for the G7 meeting, Trump called for Russia to be included, complained about “unfair” trade with Canada, threatened to quit NAFTA and claimed it would be “very easy” to get a new deal. Continue Reading
Posted June 08, 2018
Much of the focus of Trump’s broader trade agenda is to reduce America’s deficits with various countries, but most economists contend this obsession is woefully misguided and destined to end badly. Continue Reading
