US Politics in Trump era
U.S. Using Trade Deals to Shield Tech Giants From Foreign Regulators
The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits, a move that could help lock in America’s tech-friendly regulations around the world even as they are being newly questioned at home.
Trump Says China Will Suffer as Data Shows Trade War Hurting U.S.
Trump Gives Farmers $16 Billion in Aid Amid Prolonged China Trade War
China Retaliates With Higher Tariffs as Trump Defends U.S. Approach
The United States and China escalated their trade fight on Monday as Beijing moved to raise tariffs on nearly $60 billion worth of American goods in retaliation for President Trump’s decision to punish China with higher tariffs on a slew of imports.China’s finance ministry announced that it was raising tariffs on a wide range of American goods to 20 percent or 25 percent from 10 percent in response to Mr. Trump’s decision to raise tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods
Trump Reaches Revised Trade Deal With Mexico, Threatening to Leave Out Canada
President Trump said on Monday that the United States and Mexico had reached an accord to revise key portions of the North American Free Trade Agreement and would finalize it within days, suggesting he was ready to jettison Canada from the trilateral trade pact if the country did not get on board quickly.
Trump Blasts Fed, China and Europe for Putting U.S. Economy at a Disadvantage
President Trump accused China and the European Union of manipulating their currencies and continued to criticize the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates, saying those moves are putting the United States at a disadvantage. His comments once again break with longstanding White House norms, in which American presidents tend to talk sparingly about the United States dollar and, when they do, generally reiterate that a strong dollar is in the national interest.
U.S. and China Expand Trade War as Beijing Vows to Match Trump’s Tariffs
As Trump Appeals to Farmers, Some of His Policies Don’t
Some of the president’s economic policies could actually harm the farm industry. New analyses of the tax law by economists at the Department of Agriculture suggest it could actually lower farm output in the years to come and effectively raise taxes on the lowest-earning farm households, while delivering large gains for the richest farmers.
Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead.
Trump’s Tough Talk on Nafta Raising Fears of Pact’s Demise
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has sparred with American businesses that support Nafta and pushed for significant changes that negotiators from Mexico and Canada say are nonstarters. All the while, the president has continued threatening to withdraw the United States from the trade agreement, which he has maligned as the worst in history.