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US trade official defends Trump’s tariffs, says almost 50 countries approached him to ‘explore how to achieve reciprocity’

CNN By Phil Mattingly and Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) –– President Donald Trump’s US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday defended the administration’s expansive tariffs during a routine hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. “Last Wednesday, President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the large and persistent trade deficit that has built up

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Trump is trying to reinvent 1950 with his tariffs. He should be planning for 2050

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump is overhauling the wrong economic policies, industry experts say, and it could cost America the high-stakes artificial intelligence race against China. Trump last week announced sweeping tariffs to reinvigorate US manufacturing, an industry that’s been in decline for decades. But the tariffs — along with

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Billionaires are turning on Trump

CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Wealthy business leaders are turning on US President Donald Trump over his plan to impose a colossal set of tariffs on America’s trading partners, as losses mount on stock markets around the world. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, warned Sunday that going

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