Trade

And so The Donald is making good on another campaign promise, with his tariff plans for steel and aluminium. Is it merely bluff designed both to bend NAFTA renegotiations to his will and to provide a distraction from the ongoing Mueller probe? Potentially, but that would be to underestimate his bullishness. As he keeps saying, "Trade wars are good, and easy to win". It's no surprise he thinks that. The US accounts for . . .

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