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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is warning that President Donald Trump’s “chaotic policies” on tariffs will cost Michigan residents thousands of dollars each year.
President Donald Trump in recent days slapped tariffs as high as 50% on dozens of countries, restoring the type of aggressive trade policy that sent stocks plummeting a few months ago. The new round of levies prompted little more than a shrug on Wall Street.
Indonesia also has agreed to purchase billions in U.S. energy, agriculture products and airplanes, Trump said July 15 in a social media post.
President Trump said Indonesia has completely caved on trade negotiations, eliminating all tariffs on U.S. goods and agreeing to pay the 19% on things they buy from America. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP We made a deal with Indonesia.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States has reached a trade agreement with Indonesia after speaking with the country’s President Prabowo Subianto.
Some traders are diverting vessels mid-journey, canceling stops in other ports so that containers filled with Brazilian coffee can enter U.S. ports without paying the 50% tariff.
European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.
US inflation heated back up in June, rising to its highest level in four months, as price increases — including those from tariffs — packed a bigger punch.