Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became one of the largest American companies to warn that President Trump’s escalating trade war was weighing on its business and the global economy. Speaking before Mr. Trump reversed many […]
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E.U. Officials Approve Retaliatory Tariffs Against the U.S.
The European Union voted on Wednesday to approve its first retaliation measures in response to President Trump’s tariffs, moving closer to placing increased duties on a range of manufactured goods and farm products including soybeans […]
Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump’s tariffs are posing a major barrier to his plans to expand U.S. oil production — or, in his words, “drill, baby, drill.” Since the tariffs were announced last week, oil prices have fallen […]
Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry
President Trump signed four executive orders Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining and use of coal in the United States, in an effort to revive the struggling industry. Flanked by dozens of miners in white […]
Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight
Elon Musk slammed President Trump’s top trade adviser as “dumber than a sack of bricks” on Tuesday as tensions between the two exploded over wide-ranging tariffs that have upended the global economy. Mr. Musk directed […]
