US Trade Tirade

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America’s steep steel and aluminum tariffs cause tensions with China which could lead to higher prices for all US consumers as well as companies.

Even his friends, advisors and supportrs are turning on him. @POTUS turbulence in trade tariffs are going to cost his base Bigly. The conservative-leaning newspaper Wall Street Journal has raked Trump over the coals for 'biggest policy blunder of his presidency'

Wall Street Journal rakes Trump over the coals for 'biggest policy blunder of his presidency' https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/wall-street-journal-rakes-trump-coals-…

Trump: Trade wars are good, and easy to win https://www.apnews.com/44fe716db208478881fa0181cb57ce19

Trump defiant after criticism of steel and aluminum tariffs https://reut.rs/2I0pPeI

China weighs whether to retaliate over Trump's tariff hikes https://www.apnews.com/238f4e213a9742909d127262cbbca4aa

Meanwhile, the infamous 1930's Hawley–Smoot Tariff, which was a protectionist trade policy raising US tariffs on imported goods cost Americans. The president signed it and the broad economy began to slip into the Great Depression. http://www.cimages.me #CityImages http://finance.doseofnews.com #DONews #MAGA #USA