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Tariffs are very powerful, both economically and in getting everything else you want,
he told reporters last week It’s not the Fed’s job to make or comment on tariff policy,
No wonder Germany sells eight-times as many cars to us as we do to them,
If it’s a little inflationary but it’s good for national security, so be it. I mean, get over it,
Dimon said during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last month Did you know when you ship a car from the US to Europe, if they let it in at all because they have many non-tariff barriers, between the VAT and duties, that car is taxed at 30%?,
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said in a recent interview Worse, it misplaces the blame for a lack of US competitiveness on the European VAT instead of reevaluating the flaws of both the US federal and state tax systems,
Tax Foundation's Vice President of Global Projects Sean Bray said Wednesday That will depend on their profile with respect to the following tariffs imposed on United States products, and unfair, discriminatory, or extraterritorial taxes imposed by our trading partners, including a value added tax,
a senior White House official said ahead of the president's announcement I think President Trump views tariffs as a key tool for our foreign policy,
he told the Washington Examiner The idea that the United States has one of the most open economies and has among the lowest average weighted tariff rates in the world,
We expect every country to take action, because it's patently obvious on its face that they are cheating us,
a senior White House official said Obviously Hyundai has a massive amount of exposure. Behind it is GM … with relatively large volume models,
said Jeff Schuster, global vice president of automotive research at GlobalData We have things to give to the United States, because many companies, such as those in the shipbuilding sector, are making investments,
Japan enjoys a large trade surplus with the US for machineries, which gives incentive to the US to impose tariffs,
As he’s the one driving trade policy – for the moment, at least – this lack of clarity matters,
The experience of the first Trump administration shows how Japan could find itself the target of US tariffs yet again, despite all its diplomatic efforts,
said Mark, the Hosei University professor, pointing out My sense is that this [tariff exemptions] remains negotiable,
Ryota Abe, an economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), told Al Jazeera Overall, the second Trump administration is acting both more ruthlessly and chaotically than the first, so allies like Japan – and Australia, and NATO/EU [European Union] allies – will continue to confront a highly volatile and difficult diplomatic situation, which will require extremely dextrous leadership,
Craig Mark, an adjunct lecturer in economics at Hosei University in Tokyo, told Al Jazeera We will take necessary measures, including lobbying the United States for an exemption, while closely monitoring any possible impact on the Japanese economy,
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who met Trump in Washington last week, told parliament on Wednesday We have a surplus with Australia, one of the few,
Many products exported by the US are made using imported raw materials. Tariffs would make the imports more expensive, which in turn would push up the prices of US exports, weakening the competitiveness of US products in global markets,
