tariffs News Updates

Government, Business

Tariff Twist That’s Cost US Steel $5.5 Billion

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel have sped the decline of some of the U.S. mills he vowed to help.

July 8, 2019
Government, Business

US Proposes More Tariffs on EU Goods

The U.S. added more European Union products to a list of goods it could hit with retaliatory tariffs in a long-running trans-Atlantic subsidy dispute between Boeing Co. and Airbus SE.

July 2, 2019
Government, Business

Trump Vows More Tariffs if No Progress Is Made on Trade Deal

President Donald Trump said substantial additional U.S. tariffs would be placed on goods from China if no progress on a trade deal is made after his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G-20 Summit in Japan.

June 26, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Port Officials Look to Keep Giant Cranes off Trump Administration Tariff List

As America’s ports handle larger amounts of cargo from bigger container ships, the ports are in a building boom. But the cost of expanding could get more expensive if a Trump administration plan to impose 25% tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes manufactured only in China are implemented.

June 25, 2019
Government, Business, TCA

Georgia Ports Chief Warns Chinese Tariffs Could Cost State Millions

WASHINGTON — The head of the Georgia Ports Authority is warning that the Trump administration’s latest round of proposed Chinese tariffs could take a nearly $18 million bite out of the state’s booming ports.

June 24, 2019
Government, Business, Equipment

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Trump’s Steel Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question President Donald Trump’s imposition of more than $4 billion in steel tariffs, turning away an appeal that challenged his use of national security as the legal justification for his trade agenda.

June 24, 2019
Government, Business

Mexico’s Senate Ratifies USMCA Amid Trump Tariff Cease-Fire

Mexico’s Senate ratified a North American trade deal with the U.S. and Canada, becoming the first to do so amid a truce reached with President Donald Trump over an unrelated tariff threat.

June 19, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Says He'll Drop Mexico Tariff as Deal Reached on Migrants

President Donald Trump said he would drop plans for tariffs on Mexico that he’d been threatening to impose for the past week after the country promised new steps to stem an influx of illegal migration into the U.S.

June 7, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Sees ‘Good Chance’ of Deal With Mexico to Avert Tariffs

President Donald Trump said there’s a “good chance” the United States will reach agreement to avert imposing trade tariffs on Mexico slated to take effect June 10, and that the deal would require the country to buy more U.S. agricultural products.

June 7, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel

Cost of Diesel Likely to Go Up Once Tariffs Begin to Hit Mexico

President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican products June 10 unless he is satisfied the Mexican government has done enough to slow the surge of immigrants into the United States is likely to raise the price of diesel.

June 6, 2019