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Business to Consumer Supply Constraints

Supply chain constraints have begun as a result of companies wishing to avoid US-implemented tariffs. Germany-based DHL has suspended all business-to-consumer (B2C)...

Americans Delay Major Purchases Over Tariff Fears

  Consumer confidence has tanked due to tariff fears. A Redfin survey conducted from April 10 to 14 found that nearly a quarter (24%) of American respondents...

Pelosi Called for Tariffs on China (1996)

Nancy Pelosi strongly supported tariffs before Donald Trump came into the picture. Trump is accomplishing what Pelosi dreamed of achieving nearly three decades ago....

Zero-for-Zero Tariffs? EU Votes Today

European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a zero-for-zero-tariff deal with the United States after the EU was hit with a 25% tariff on steel and...

A Flight to Treasuries?

  Some believe that Donald Trump is deliberately attempting to cause a sharp downturn in equities to force a flight into treasuries. If so, the Federal Reserve...

China Retaliates with Tariffs and Trade Restrictions

China imposed a 34% retaliatory tariff on all US goods that will go into effect on April 10. Trump hit China with a 34% tariff in addition to the 20% levy...

Tariffs are NOT Reciprocal

How did the Trump Administration come up with these tariff rates? Why would a nation like Madagascar, for example, with a small economy, be hit with a 47% tariff?...

Japan, China, and South Korea Strengthen Ties Amid US Tariffs

Tariff concerns have heightened to such an extreme level that China and Japan are discussing deepening ties. Donald Trump may be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for...

Uptick in US Manufacturing

Companies are beginning to move production to the United States to avoid tariffs. “President Trump’s economic polices are simple: if you invest in and...

Let Them Eat Flat Screens

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent continually denies that tariffs will become a tax on consumers. When asked if the Trump administration was comfortable with the...