The weekly trade column with correspondent L.C. Both President Trump and his trade adviser Peter Navarro are against the use of tariff relief as a stimulus to stem the economic decline that the coronavirus epidemic has caused. After the president dismissed the mounting number of demands for removing his unilateral tariffs, late on March 20th […]
Suspense over auto tariffs
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: Did the Commerce Department meet its February 17th deadline to deliver to the White House a report on whether automotive imports are a threat to national security? No one knows, and the White House isn’t saying. The secrecy is rankling. As the president of the American International Automobile Dealers Association said, […]
