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Cleveland-Cliffs will shutter its West Virginia tin plant and lay off 900 after a tariff ruling
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs announced Thursday that it is shutting down a northern West Virginia tin production facility indefinitely and plans to lay off 900 workers after the International… Read More
![Chinese officials from left Ning Jizhe, Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission, Liao Min, Deputy Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs and Vice Minister of Finance, Zheng Zeguang, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs attend a press conference on the trade deal with the United States in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_19347565580544-e1576257865516-900x422.jpg)
U.S.-China Trade Deal Phase 1 Is Here; December Tariffs Are Scrapped
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
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China says the deal would cover intellectual property protections and currency manipulation, but no details have been released.
![Western KY farmer Tom Folz fears a prolonged trade war could push some farmers out of business.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8335-e1566652633305-900x422.jpg)
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his… Read More
![A woman stands outside a Buick showroom in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2016. China is imposing new tariffs on imported U.S. autos and auto parts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gettyimages-629896642-41ae666d0ccf8a54e850c1694ae1042f71a087bc-e1566568087208-900x422.jpg)
Trade War Heats Up Again As China Sets Tariffs On $75 Billion In U.S. Goods, Autos
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
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China says it will slap tariffs on autos and thousands of other U.S. goods. It’s an escalation of a trade war that has rippled through the world economy and raised U.S. recession fears.
![A truck passes a stack of China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on July 5, 2018. The Trump administration is delaying some tariffs from taking effect until December.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_18290549158076-a57069f1cf4b89981d61d5d1db7cc390513059c3-e1565714721767-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Delays Some China Tariffs
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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The Trump administration is postponing some tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect on Sept.1. Tariffs on laptops, cellphones, some clothing and other items are now set to begin Dec. 15.
![An employee works at a wiring harness and cable assembly manufacturing company in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, that exports to the U.S. in 2017. The auto industry says threatened tariffs would play havoc with supply chains.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/rts149bt-335d9a8d5787f1bc4ec59b20a297af12abfe044d-e1559840353462-900x422.jpg)
Ohio To Juárez And Back Again: Why Tariffs On Mexico Alarm The Auto Industry
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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The U.S. auto industry opposes President Trump’s threatened tariffs on goods imported from Mexico. It says the taxes would increase the cost of vehicles and play havoc with supply chains.
!["I think Mexico will step up and do what they should have done," President Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a meeting with her at 10 Downing Street.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gettyimages-1147955679-29a2109af24087e987d4d24372f54ad1a724bdc8-e1559681996436-900x422.jpg)
Mexico Tariffs Likely To Take Effect Next Week, Trump Vows In London
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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The president said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that new economic restrictions would begin to bite, possibly even during negotiations between the two sides.
![The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canada's steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rts1tvnb-a241116e9bef1abded2c2768c5f4ba0af31cddbc-e1558117593898-900x422.jpg)
U.S. To Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on steel and other metal imports from Canada, in a move that could put the two nations a step closer to ratifying the USMCA trade pact.
![New cars sit in a lot at the Port of Richmond in California on May 24, 2018. The Trump administration on Friday announced a six-month delay in setting new tariffs on auto imports.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-962212962-c3262bd6d66c3302d5203fb6ef1bd6dcba6489d1-e1558104967583-900x422.jpg)
Trump Delays Auto Tariffs For 6 Months
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
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The Trump administration announced Friday that it will delay tariffs on cars and auto parts imports while it negotiates trade deals with Japan and the European Union.
![The new U.S. tariffs list includes staples such as rice, along with clocks, watches and other items that weren't previously under threat of new duties. Here, farmers plant rice seeds at a seedlings pool in China's Jiangsu Province.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-1149015460-f966c3c72e5b46105ccf9487f1d3d51a19d2321d-e1557845415238-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Prepares Tariffs On Another $300 Billion Of Imported Chinese Goods
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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The U.S. Trade Representative published a list of Chinese goods that would be hit with new duties, from artists’ brushes to watches.
![Chinese Vice Premier Liu He talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as he departs a round of trade talks in Washington on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rtx6v721-203800b6898d5a71c434bf8e40d16362d71fbc58-e1557759796386-900x422.jpg)
China Puts New Tariffs On $60 Billion Of U.S. Goods, Retaliating For Trump Action
By: Laurel Wamsley | Bill Chappell | NPR
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U.S. stock markets plunged on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by up to 580 points in the first hour of trading Monday.
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Farmers, Economists See More Economic Pain From Trump’s Increased Tariffs
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley farmers say the latest tariff escalation between the Trump administration and China could continue to hurt their businesses, with many farmers already facing financial struggles. As Chinese officials visit… Read More
![A worker dumps a bucket of tomatoes into a trailer at DiMare Farms in Florida City, Fla., in 2013. The Trump administration is preparing to level a new tariff on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico in response to complaints from Florida growers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-160816934-73652b2fd09a5c82a4224eb6f837fe90ca251f3e-e1557327353900-900x422.jpg)
Food Fight: Trump Administration Levels Tariffs On Mexican Tomatoes
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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Under pressure from Florida lawmakers, the Trump administration is taking steps to protect domestic tomato growers from Mexican competition.
![Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. U.S. stock markets fell sharply at the open but crept higher as the day wore on after President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on imports from China.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-1141632112-977f326d465235c3c9526962da50d6049c5163f7-e1557160706547-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s Threats To Raise Tariffs On China Send Markets Falling
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
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China and the U.S. are scheduled to continue trade talks in Washington this week, but President Trump’s threat has blindsided Beijing, a trade analyst says.
![A truck passes a stack of China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on July 5, 2018. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China hit a record $419.2 billion in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_18290549158076-359fd668805fb98908e8bf3445a2c3b66223c21e-e1551893991708-900x422.jpg)
Report: The Trade Deficit Is Only Getting Wider
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
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President Trump has pushed tariffs to cut the trade gap. But the United States bought more from other countries than it sold to them last year, pushing the deficit to a level not seen since 2008.
![U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators meeting in Washington, D.C. last week. Citing progress in the talks, President Trump said he would suspend a planning increase in tariffs on Chinese goods due to take effect on March 1.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-1126526926-e3844f0806974e94976edf08bf0b826579fce414-e1551112295247-900x422.jpg)
Trump Suspends China Tariff Hike, Citing Progress In Trade Talks
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump has suspended a planned increase in tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports, after what he called “very productive” trade talks in Washington this weekend.
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In Ohio Valley Visits, Trump Administration Pushes Policies Supporting Mining And Metals
By: Jeff Young | Becca Schimmel | Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In back-to-back events this week President Trump and his commerce secretary visited the Ohio Valley to tout administration policies aimed at propping up two of the region’s traditional but faltering… Read More
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Hazard Ahead: Ohio Valley Auto Industry Concerned About Trump Trade Policies
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Automotive manufacturing leaders met in Kentucky to discuss how changes in U.S. trade policy under President Trump affect the industry and its growing presence in the Ohio Valley. Industry leaders gathered for… Read More
![President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appear in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16, 2017. On Friday, Trump announced he would double aluminum and steel tariffs on the NATO ally.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/gettyimages-683869332-7a0c067992867cbce2015c1c275d59004065c20f-e1533916012220-900x422.jpg)
Trump Doubles Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum From Turkey
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump called for a doubling in the tariff on imported steel and aluminum from Turkey, escalating a diplomatic spat with a key NATO ally.
![Containers are transferred at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on July 6. China has announced a plan to impose more tariffs on U.S. goods, in response to escalating trade threats from the Trump administration.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/gettyimages-992545462-2fd93f09204bf582f262de3150d2c500c2e9f4e7-e1533311789185-900x422.jpg)
China Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On $60 Billion In U.S. Goods
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Earlier this week, the Trump administration threatened to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25 percent from 10 percent. China quickly vowed to take countermeasures.
![President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker deliver a joint statement on trade in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-1005306798juncker-23db9f8f61a9cb3aeb3084f70a55f8c6db65a90c-e1532556397975-900x422.jpg)
Trump And EU Agree To Work Toward Zero Tariffs
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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President Trump and EU.Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker say they will not impose further tariffs on each other as long as trade talks continue.
![Containers are transferred at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province last week. The Trump administration announced plans to levy tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods as trade tensions escalate.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-992545790-5864f2ce33addad93b2f5f467f9cf69bedf3978a-e1531323480875-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Readies Tariffs On $200 Billion Of Chinese Imports
By: Asma Khalid | Scott Horsley | NPR
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The administration’s list includes more than 6,000 items, including seafood, propane and toilet paper.
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GOP Senator Concerned About Trump Tariff Battles
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – A Republican senator and former U.S. trade official says he’s concerned about the impact President Donald Trump’s tariff battles will have on the Ohio economy. Sen. Rob… Read More
![Customers look at Tesla cars at a showroom in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on April 4. The cut in Chinese auto import tariffs could help Tesla, which has been looking to break into the Chinese market.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-942931102-3321285bce70d78dd660f138cdff4bf8138ee2ab-e1530547517774-900x422.jpg)
China Cuts Tariffs On Autos, Possibly Easing Trade Tensions With U.S.
By: Dustin Dwyer | NPR
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China is cutting tariffs on vehicles from the U.S. and other countries after President Trump railed against the imbalance in trade tariffs. The cuts could help German automakers as well as Tesla.