Sentences with phrase «battle over tariffs»

His chief economic advisor Gary Cohn has left the White House because he lost the battle over tariffs.

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In a separate trade battle with China, the United States has threatened to impose tariffs on $ 150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market.

Cohn has been fiercely battling the president and an influential contingent of anti-free trade advisers in the White House over Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum import, warning that it could spark a major trade war.