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Joe Barrett

Chicago

National Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal

Senior Midwest correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. I cover infrastructure and the environment as well as odd happenings. I also have a bunch of guitars.

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  • 3 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Joe Barrett

    美国腹地的这片区域远离边境,是位于美国农业遗产合作区边缘的一个制造业中心。但这个地方的经济具备全球性,这使它卷入了刚刚掀起的国际贸易战的涡流。一些企业已因所需原材料被加征关税受到了冲击。不过有输家也有赢家:在国内采购原材料的当地企业抢了因进口关税而提价的竞争对手的生意。奶农正在扩大副业,他们担心墨西哥的报复性关税可能会打压牛奶价格。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Joe Barrett

    DAVENPORT, Iowa—This stretch of America’s heartland sits far from any U.S. border, in a manufacturing hotbed on the edge of the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area. But its economy is global—plunging it into the nascent international trade war. Some businesses are already getting a jolt when needed raw materials fall under tariffs. There are winners and losers: Local companies buying materials domestically are taking business from rivals who have raised prices owing to import tariffs.

  • 1 month ago | wsj.com | Sara Randazzo |Joe Barrett

    Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 0:52Ohio University suspended next month’s Black alumni reunion. The University of Massachusetts revoked admission offers to biomedical graduate students. And new hiring freezes are stalling universities nationwide, from Stanford to Cornell and Harvard.

  • 1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Barrett

    Shared celebrations and hockey rivalries give way to ‘Buy Canadian’ labels as International Falls and Fort Frances face an unexpected chillYour browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 06:14This article is in your queue.

  • 1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Barrett

    March 4, 2025 10:00 am ETDENVER—The cowboy-boot wearing mayor of this city on the edge of the Rocky Mountains rocketed into national headlines last fall when he promised to defy potential federal immigration actions he considered unconstitutional or un-American—even if it meant being hauled off to jail. Now Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stands as a leading Democratic foe of Washington Republicans who seek to punish those they say are obstructing President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Joe Barrett @jbarrchicago
6 Feb 24

My latest: https://t.co/V4qOjNpRzm

Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett @jbarrchicago
19 Dec 23

So many great books written in the last year by my friends and colleagues: @bkesling , @cammcwhirter, @ZushaElinson, @NKingofDC, @ShibaniMahtani. Could one @jonathaneig win a Pulitzer? The Trib thinks so: https://t.co/7c2L7cCzRo

Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett @jbarrchicago
17 Dec 23

Here's my latest: Trysts, trials, flowing hair...and a plot twist: The horse soap opera at Theodore Roosevelt National Park faces cancellation. https://t.co/PMiS1ib4X0 via @WSJ