by Rick Manning Stock markets go up and down based upon the latest trade rumors. Predictions of price hikes make headlines, yet the inflation rate remains at the levels, 2.0 percent at last count, desired by the Federal Reserve. What is going on? And is this even really a trade war with…
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The Trump administration on Tuesday said that China has failed to alter its “unfair” practices at the heart of the U.S.-China trade conflict, adding to tensions ahead of a high-stakes meeting later this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The findings were issued in…
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The United States hit Canada with yet another round of punitive import tariffs, this time for as much as 10 percent on paper used to print newspapers and books. The US Commerce Department said in a statement late Tuesday night that the tariffs on uncoated groundwood paper came after an…
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As President Donald Trump headed to Asia for a 13-day trip, his trade representative said the White House’s job is not to appease Wall Street or U.S. companies with major factories located in Mexico and China, but to increase U.S. manufacturing jobs and wage growth. “Many of these (U.S. manufacturing)…
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Part of the American success formula is a reliance on fair play: Everyone must follow the same rules. This extends to the American-led effort for free and fair trade around the world, which has led to lowering of prices and better competition for consumers. But free trade isn’t a free…
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