Why Trump wants to impose reciprocal tariffs – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump announced a plan for reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners, marking another step in his challenge to the economic consensus that tariffs increase consumer prices. The announcement comes one day after new inflation data showed persistent price increases across the
Downstream from a bitter election, rafters with opposing politics reunite – CBS News Watch CBS News During the presidential campaign, we introduced you to a couple of political opposites. They went on a rafting trip together to see if they had more in common than they might have imagined. Now, with the election over and
Trump introduces plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on foreign goods – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump has ramped up his global trade war, introducing a plan to increase tariffs on foreign goods to match the tax rates that other countries put on American goods. Kelly O’Grady visited a manufacturer in the Pittsburgh area
President Donald Trump has announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on all U.S. trading partners “for purposes of fairness.” Speaking from the Oval Office on Feb. 13, the president confirmed that he will implement a matching tariff on whatever amount countries charge the United States. “It works out very well,” Trump told reporters. “It’s a beautiful, simple
The U.S. president and the Indian prime minister discussed defense strategies and balancing trade through oil and energy sales. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb. 13 to the White House, where the two leaders discussed defense, trade, energy, infrastructure, and regional partnerships. This was the first meeting between the two
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said his team canceled a $50 million Biden-era environmental justice grant to a group that believes "climate justice travels through a Free Palestine."
Lawmakers aired their views on the embattled agency in a pair of forums on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats exchanged vastly different opinions about the U.S. Agency for International Aid (USAID) in a pair of events on Capitol Hill over two days. USAID was the subject of both a roundtable discussion convened by Democratic senators