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  • Why Is Trump Rejecting 0%-Tariff Trade Proposals?

    04/10/2025 3:31:24 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 65 replies
    Investor Place ^ | 04/10/25 | Jeff Remsburg
    New trade talks emerge, but Trump’s resistance hints at a much bigger strategy shift.Key Takeaways:Trump is rejecting 0%-tariff deals, citing deeper issues like nontariff barriers.Experts suggest tariffs may aim to push down Treasury yields amid looming debt.$9.2 trillion in U.S. debt refinancing could be influencing broader economic tactics.Corporate leaders warn of a confidence crisis and stagflation risks.Investors should prepare for conflicting signals and ongoing market turbulence.Though the gains have reversed and turned to losses as I write Tuesday afternoon, stocks ripped higher this morning on hopes that trade deals will be getting done.From The Wall Street Journal:Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
  • US, EU AGREE TO RESOLVE US TARIFFS ON STEEL, ALUMINUM IMPORTS

    07/25/2018 2:18:04 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 43 replies
    ABC7 ^ | July /4, 2018 | AP
    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and European Union leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed to work toward "zero tariffs" and "zero subsidies" on non-automobile goods and would work to resolve U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that have roiled European markets. The president, in a hastily called Rose Garden statement with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, said the EU had agreed to buy "a lot of soybeans" and increase its imports of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. Juncker, meanwhile, said the U.S. and EU had agreed to hold off on further tariffs as part of trade talks aimed...
  • Trump announces a ‘new phase,’ in US-EU relationship, working toward ‘zero tariffs’

    07/25/2018 1:32:29 PM PDT · by Innovative · 72 replies
    CNBC ^ | July 25, 2018 | Christina Wilkie
    President Donald Trump on Wednesday secured concessions from Europe, averting a trade war, Dow Jones reported, citing a European Union official. The report came shortly before Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker were scheduled to brief the press at a joint conference in the White House Rose Garden.