Tariffs

Prices for goods in the U.S. dropped 0.4 percent in June even as tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports rose.

Tariffs have not pushed up consumer prices. The consumer price index ticked up just 0.1 percent in June, the Department of Labor said Thursday. Compared with a year ago, prices rose just 1.6 percent, a deceleration of price gains from

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that it was appropriate for the Fed to cut rates if concerns about trade and tariffs were slowing the economy.

In June, small business owners curbed spending, sales expectations and profits both fell, and plans for hiring declined.

This could allay fears that the Trump administration has gone too far in easing restrictions on the Chinese telecom company.

A small rise in the trade deficit in May masks a much larger shift in U.S. trade away from China and toward our allies.

“The super-hawks are now attacking the president for concessions and for reversing himself. This is just fake news,” Pillsbury said.

Monday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) applauded President Donald Trump’s efforts in trade negotiations with China. Carter said the temporary deal made between China and the United States is “good news” and shows

“We had a very good meeting with President Xi of China. Excellent, I would say excellent,” Trump said Saturday morning.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday.

Consumers feel good about the economy now and are less worried about the future than they were a year ago.

China wants the U.S. to drop its tariffs even before trade talks begin, a demand so extreme that it could prevent further talks

President Trump’s economic nationalist fight against Chinese dominance is the “number one issue” driving Hispanic voters to back the president in the 2020 presidential election, a campaign official says.

During an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News Channel, senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro praised the tariffs used by President Donald Trump. According to Navarro, the tariffs achieved more in two days on immigration than Congress

About seven-in-ten Republican voters support tariffs on Chinese imports to protect American jobs and U.S. industries from unfair foreign competition, a new poll finds.

Consumers expect long-term a inflation rate of just 2.2 percent, the lowest rate recorded over the past 40 years.

May industrial output figures from the Fed show the manufacturing sector is holding up better than expected amid trade war with China.

A California furniture and hardware company is planning to expand its manufacturing in the United States thanks to President Trump’s tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports. 

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The Fed was wrong to assume moving production out of China necessarily imposes deadweight costs or efficiency losses

Prices for imported goods from China fell 0.1 percent and are down 1.4 percent from a year ago. And prices from outside of China also fell.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden promises his election will cure China’s unfair trade practices by means of his optimism.

The data defy the dire predictions of experts who forecast consumers would foot the bill for tariffs. 

The acting White House chief of staff explained this morning’s price data. Importers pay tariffs but consumer prices aren’t rising.

Rather than an “armed proletariat,” Beijing is deploying predatory trade practices to seize control of the means of production on a global scale. And now China has set its sights on controlling America’s energy industry.

Claims that the China or metals tariffs are squeezing consumers lack any basis in fact, the most recent inflation data show.

Author and economic analyst Stephen Moore predicted on Breitbart News Saturday radio a massive 2020 re-election victory for President Donald Trump if he makes a trade deal with China.

During a Tuesday appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) discussed the impact of the United States imposing tariffs as part of its ongoing trade war with China. Cotton recognized that tariffs have “some negative impact,” but explained

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday spoke out in favor of  “great” American wine when he promised to confront France over unfair tariffs on the imported product.

Pompeo said the deal with Mexico would not have happened if President Trump had not threatened tariffs against its southern neighbor.