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February 23, 2026
Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda.
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February 22, 2026
Trump Aides Project Confidence on Tariffs After Court Loss
Administration officials maintain that they can replicate the sky-high duties recently invalidated by the Supreme Court.
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February 21, 2026
Trump’s Trade Gamble Will Continue, Despite Supreme Court Rebuke
The president seems as intent on tariffs as ever and argues that his trade agenda is succeeding, despite little evidence to support it
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February 21, 2026
Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent
The move signaled anew that the president would press ahead with his trade war despite the legal setback from the Supreme Court.
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February 20, 2026
The Trade Statutes Trump Will Use to Keep Imposing Tariffs
The Supreme Court ruling is a blow, but the administration has other trade tools at its disposal.
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February 19, 2026
U.S. Imports Grew in 2025, as Trump’s Tariffs Took Effect
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services.
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February 19, 2026
Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada
U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
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February 18, 2026
Trump Hails Japan’s First Batch of U.S. Investments
The deals, totaling $36 billion, were the first step in a $550 billion investment pledge aimed at securing tariff relief and sustaining U.S. relations.
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February 16, 2026
The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War
Jamieson Greer, a low-key lawyer from a working-class background, is rewriting the rules of the global economy at the president’s behest.
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February 12, 2026
Americans Are Paying the Bill for Tariffs, Despite Trump’s Claims
Research from the New York Fed confirms that U.S. companies and consumers are bearing tariff costs, despite the president’s assertions otherwise.
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February 10, 2026
Lutnick Acknowledges Traveling to Epstein’s Island
The commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, acknowledged at a Senate hearing that he and his family visited Jeffrey Epstein on his private island.
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February 2, 2026
The Effects of Tariffs, One Year Into Trump’s Trade Experiment
Five charts show the impact on the economy after a year of sweeping trade changes by the Trump administration.
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January 29, 2026
U.S. Trade Deficit Bounces Back as Tariffs Cause Volatility
The monthly trade deficit and imports rebounded in November after shrinking significantly in prior months, new data show.
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January 27, 2026
Trump Says He Will Raise Tariffs on South Korea to 25%
President Trump threatened to increase tariffs on South Korean exports, including cars, citing the country’s slow ratification of a trade deal.
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January 27, 2026
Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector
The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.
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January 22, 2026
Trump Returns to a Familiar Role: Sowing Trade Chaos
The president’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made.
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January 19, 2026
Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate
If the Supreme Court rules against its tariffs, the Trump administration would begin replacing them immediately, said Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative.
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January 14, 2026
Trump Credits ‘Mister Tariff’ for the Country’s Strength. Economists Beg to Differ.
Many indicators appear to suggest that the United States is growing despite tariffs, not because of them.
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January 8, 2026
U.S. Trade Deficit Fell to Lowest Level Since 2009, Latest Data Show
The monthly trade deficit continued to shrink in October after President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on foreign imports.
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January 3, 2026
Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?
Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons.
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December 11, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Shrank the U.S. Trade Deficit in September
U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president’s global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall
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December 9, 2025
Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say
Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government.
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December 6, 2025
Have Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Business Hope So
A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
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December 4, 2025
As Trump Threatens to Leave North American Deal, Groups Urge Him to ‘Do No Harm’
Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.
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