Daniel Desrochers
International Trade Reporter at POLITICO
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins
“We were promised ‘90 deals in 90 days.’ What we have at this point are ‘general frameworks’ for the U.K. and China,” said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s legislative affairs director and Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff during the president’s first term, referencing Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro’s vow. The administration will “present it as if they’re making significant progress and hail these general frameworks as really significant breakthrough deals,” Short added.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins
President Donald Trump is touting this week’s trade agreement with China as the latest triumph of his dealmaking acumen. But his celebratory tone belies an uncomfortable reality: For all his optimistic talk on trade, Trump has made little tangible progress since this spring’s tariff spree, so far only securing frameworks of agreements with the U.K. and China and leaving American businesses grappling with continued economic uncertainty.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Daniel Desrochers |Ari Hawkins |Phelim Kine |Megan Messerly
Speaking late Tuesday in front of the ornate London mansion where they’d just held two days of talks, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters the world’s two largest economies had agreed to ratchet back actions both sides have taken since they announced an initial deal to cool tensions on May 12.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Daniel Desrochers |Megan Messerly
The White House did not answer when asked if auto tariffs were on the table for negotiations and instead reiterated the goal of the tariffs. “No president has taken a greater interest in reviving America’s once-dominant auto industry than President Trump, and the auto industry is a key focus of the Trump administration’s trade and economic policies,” said Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Daniel Desrochers |Megan Messerly
President Donald Trump is telling domestic audiences he won’t cut his 25 percent tariffs on foreign cars as part of any trade deals he negotiates. But other countries — who collectively send millions of vehicles to the U.S. each year — haven’t gotten that message.
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