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Diplomats see ‘mess’ in Trump’s trade strategy

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins |Phelim Kine |Megan Messerly |Felicia Schwartz

Trump administration officials are negotiating trade deals with select allies, while leaving most countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs in the dark about what the president wants from them. The administration is embarking on a daunting sprint of talks with more than 70 countries in 90 days, amid a turbulent stock market and growing disapproval from Americans.
Trade shake-up: Bessent leads on trade as Lutnick plays ‘bad cop’ - and Navarro is sidelined

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Megan Messerly |Ari Hawkins

President Donald Trump this week upended not just his tariff strategy but his trade team. Former hedge fund manager and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — the White House’s main conduit to beleaguered financial markets — is now at the helm, with populist Peter Navarro relegated to the sidelines and Wall Street punching bag Howard Lutnick recast into the role of “bad cop,” according to three people close to the White House, granted anonymity to speak frankly about internal dynamics.
Israel vows to ax trade deficit in bid to lift US tariffs

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ari Hawkins |Daniel Desrochers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday at the White House that Israel will erase its trade deficit with the United States, but it was not enough to immediately earn a reprieve from the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump announced last week. Seated next to Trump in the Oval Office, Netanyahu said his government intends to eliminate the deficit “very quickly. We think it's the right thing to do.
How North America is trying to head off Trump’s tariffs

2 months ago | msn.com | Mickey Djuric |Mike Blanchfield |Doug Palmer |Ari Hawkins

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Trump promised some tariffs immediately. They’re not here — yet.

2 months ago | msn.com | Megan Messerly |Ari Hawkins

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‘Frozen out’: Trade hawk Lighthizer unlikely to return for Trump’s second term

Dec 3, 2024 | yahoo.com | Gavin Bade |Adam Behsudi |Ari Hawkins

Robert Lighthizer, the former U.S. trade chief, is unlikely to rejoin the Trump administration in an official capacity, say five people with knowledge of his plans and personnel conversations within the presidential transition. It is a bitter blow to protectionists and a sign of the fluidity in Trump’s political camp that someone as respected and trusted as Lighthizer could be cast aside.
Trump threatens BRICS nations with 100 percent tariff

Nov 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ari Hawkins

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded a group of developing countries commitment to the use of the U.S. dollar as their reserve currency and threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff if they attempt to abandon it.
Trump expected to tap Lighthizer acolyte to be his trade chief

Nov 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Betsy Swan |Doug Palmer |Ari Hawkins

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to picked Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative, elevating a figure little known outside of Washington to what is expected to be one of the most important posts in the incoming administration, two people familiar with the pick confirm.
Trump taps Linda McMahon for Education secretary

Nov 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Betsy Swan |Natalie Allison |Bianca Quilantan |Lawrence Ukenye |Ari Hawkins

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate his transition co-chair Linda McMahon for Education secretary, according to a person familiar with the transition discussions. McMahon, 76, gained prominence as a powerful force in making World Wrestling Entertainment a multibillion-dollar enterprise before she led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. She remained an important player in the president-elect’s orbit after he left the White House in 2021.
Middle East pager attacks ignite fear of supply chain warfare

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ari Hawkins |Joseph Gedeon

Attacks on militants’ wireless devices in Lebanon and Syria this week are amping up concern about ways in which the global electronics supply chain can be compromised — and the risks for companies operating in adversarial countries. In the attacks, pagers and other hand-held communications devices linked to members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group exploded, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 3,000.