Trade

How leaders in Arizona and beyond reacted to tariff pause

President Trump last Saturday announced his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imported goods originating in Canada and Mexico, the United States’ trade partners in the USMCA free trade agreement. The White House cited each country’s failure to prevent illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling as justification for the tariffs. Yesterday, however, the White House announced […]

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Explainer: The role of tariffs in international trade and their effects

Throughout the presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump said he planned to impose steep tariffs on imports, including on goods originating in Mexico and Canada, the United States’ trading partners in USMCA, the trade agreement adopted in Trump’s first term that replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement.  In his first week in office, the new

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