Because of all of the vitiole out there, I guess I have to state that I didn't vote for Trump and don't agree with most of his ideas. But i have always felt that hearing Trump out on trade isn't a bad idea. Because of his taxes on steel imports, US steel manufacturers are increasing production...
Trump is threatening or passing tariffs on foreign products. Not on Russia or other Authoritarian regimes, but on America's traditional allies, Western Democracies.
So our former allies have decided to fight back.
Clearly, they have decided the best way is to affect America's next election...
It would appear so. Raised tariffs on Chinese products seems to be having the desired effect. Seems they are drastically reducing tariffs on US goods going to China. They're still playing it coy but the US stock market has improved because of it.
The Chinese Just Announced Decreased Tariffs And...