Trump, tariffs and Congress
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Trump recently slapped tariffs a blanket 10% duty on almost every country in the world and saddling dozens of them with significantly higher tariff rates.
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Kevin Hassett, the head of the White House National Economic Council, said that he did not expect to “see a big effect on the consumer in the U.S.,” even as he acknowledged in an appearance on ABC’s “...
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