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President Donald Trump announced that China and US had agreed to pause escalating tariffs for 90 days. Massachusetts has its own imports and exports.
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement.
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a steep tax on most goods that come into America has tested the mettle of small business owners whose companies are reliant on global trade.
Walmart CEO Douglas McMillon said that the retail giant is being forced to raise its prices as a direct result of the president's trade war.
China’s defiant stance in negotiating a tariff truce with the US has convinced some countries they need to take a tougher position in their own trade talks with the Trump administration.
Treasury Secretary Bessent told NBC that if nations don't want to negotiate with the US, then their tariffs will "spring back to the April 2nd level."
President Donald Trump, fresh off a trip to the Middle East, renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Saturday and called on Walmart to "eat the tariffs" rather than raise prices.
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, former Vice President Mike Pence says he advised President Trump against setting tariffs during his first term, and now welcomes signs of a possible de-escalation in the U.