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Trade War

Economy & Labor

Republicans Finally Turn on Trump’s Trade War, but Will They Confront Him?

Orrin Hatch, Bob Corker and others are enraged by Donald Trump’s destructive trade war.

By: Heather Digby Parton ,; Salon

July 5, 2018

Newly accredited US Ambassador Richard Allen Grenell stands in front of a military honor guard during an accreditation ceremony for new ambassadors in Berlin, Germany, on May 8, 2018. Grenell has said he was "excited" by the rise of far-right parties in Europe and was prepared "to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders."

Economy & Labor

Donald Trump’s Trade War Masks a Darker Agenda: Aiding the Far Right in Europe

The US ambassador to Germany vows to help the far right, and Trump's foreign policy looks even more sinister.

By: Heather Digby Parton ,; Salon

June 5, 2018

A cargo ship arrives into New York harbor on April 9, 2018, in New York City. As a potential trade war with China continues to spook investors and markets, Donald Trump claims US tariffs on more than $150 billion of Chinese goods and products might cause "a little pain," but that the US will benefit in the long run.

Economy & Labor

Trade Wars Are Never “Easy to Win”: Economist Robert Pollin on Trump’s China Policy

Are tariffs good for economic policy? And whom do they benefit most -- capitalists or workers?

By: C.J. Polychroniou ,; Truthout

April 27, 2018