Tag: trade war

The financial picture for American farmers took a hit in 2024. Net farm income dropped to its lowest point in four years, farmland values started to cool, and across much of the Midwest, the number…

BEIJING (AP) — China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets…

President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. After a flight from U.S. assets and a rout in the bond market,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States’ northern neighbor and standing unmoved by…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is falling further Tuesday following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war, pulling Wall Street almost 10% below its record set just a few weeks ago. The S&P 500…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Farmers and meat producers across the U.S. can expect the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and the retaliatory action from those countries to hurt their bottom lines by billions of dollars if they stay in place…

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented Tuesday on President Trump’s decision to impose increased tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. “Farmers support the goals of ensuring security and fair trade with…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address before Congress that left Democratic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin as the U.S. faced the threat of…

Just as he did in 2016 and 2020, Iowa farmer and rancher Lance Lillibridge plans to vote for Donald Trump this November. However, this self-described conservative said his vote for the former president will come…