Sentences with phrase «planned sweeping tariffs»

China is preparing to hit back at Trump's planned sweeping tariffs with levies aimed at industries and states which tend to employ his supporters, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

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The White House spent the weekend defending sweeping new steel and aluminum tariffs it plans to impose within days, arguing that they're vital to bringing down the US trade deficit.

And after Trump announced on March 1 that he plans to impose sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, Navarro became the face of that policy.

Hours after both the United States and China detailed plans for sweeping tariffs, trade groups warned that a tit - for - tat trade war between the world's two largest economies will have no winners.

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.