Ben Werschkul
Washington Correspondent at Yahoo Finance
Washington correspondent for @YahooFinance. 📬: benw AT https://t.co/8SyyZGNziv
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1 week ago |
finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
President Trump offered an unexpected twist in his trade wars Sunday evening by floating a 100% tariff on foreign movies, but he did it in a familiar way by hinting that a national emergency declaration could be in the offing to achieve his ends. "This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat," he posted on Truth Social.
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1 week ago |
finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
President Trump's tariffs became very real for importers last month as the government collected more than $17.4 billion in "Customs and Certain Excise Taxes" during April. That was nearly double March's haul of $9.6 billion, dwarfing the smaller spikes in revenue seen during Trump's first term. All told, the duties have deposited more than $70 billion into government coffers since Jan. 1. "As Billions of Dollars pour in from Tariffs ...
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2 weeks ago |
finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Thu, May 1, 2025, 4:00 AM 4 min read In This Article: In early April, historic tariffs of 10% on nearly all countries in the world went into effect in a move that was seen as just the latest escalation in President's Trump absolutist tariff war. But in the month since — with some exceptions and plenty of White House saber-rattling — the direction of Trump's trade war has mostly been moving in the direction of easing.
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2 weeks ago |
finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Thu, May 1, 2025, 4:00 AM 4 min read In This Article: In early April, historic tariffs of 10% on nearly all countries in the world went into effect in a move that was seen as just the latest escalation in President's Trump absolutist tariff war. But in the month since — with some exceptions and plenty of White House saber-rattling — the direction of Trump's trade war has mostly been moving in the direction of easing.
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2 weeks ago |
sg.finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul
President Trump was quick to respond Wednesday to the news that the US economy contracted for the first time in three years, which sent stock indexes lower. "This is Biden's Stock Market ... we have to get rid of the Biden 'Overhang,'" he said in a social media post. He added a series of all-caps messages saying that the contraction has "NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS" and also "BE PATIENT!!!" The timing of the lower-than-expected GDP number and further sell-off couldn't be worse for Trump.
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