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John McCormick

Chicago, New York, Washington

National Political Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ national political reporter. Former Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Des Moines Register and Rochester Post-Bulletin. Eagle Scout. MN native.

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  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick

    Section 232 is getting a lot of mentions in the discussion of President Trump’s trade war. So what is it? A favorite tool of the Trump administration, it is a provision of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that allows presidents to impose trade restrictions such as tariffs as part of national-security decisions. Administered by the Commerce Department, the process requires an investigation into whether imports being reviewed might hurt industries vital to national security.

  • 1 week ago | jp.wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick

    ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は、週末に発表された中国に対するテクノロジー関連の関税除外について、その内容を明確にしようとしている。これら措置を巡っては、13日までほとんど指針が示されていなかった。 トランプ氏はソーシャルメディアへの投稿で、「他国がわれわれに対して用いてきた不公平な貿易収支や非金銭的関税障壁から、誰も『逃げられない』。特にわれわれを最悪に扱っている中国は絶対に逃げられない!」と述べた。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick

    President Trump and Elon Musk ringside at Saturday's event, with cabinet members behind them. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)In the midst of the global trade war, President Trump on Saturday attended another kind of fight: Heading to Miami to catch an Ultimate Fighting Championship event along with some cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk. The group sat ringside and Trump was seen frequently chatting with Musk, despite some recent differences they have had on tariff and other policies.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News)Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday that President Trump’s trade war will discourage business investment in the U.S.“Tariffs can be an important tool in the toolbox when used in targeted ways,” the Massachusetts senator said on CNN's “State of the Union” program.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick

    Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins at the White House this past week. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)Brooke Rollins, the U.S. agriculture secretary, promised Sunday that American farmers will be bailed out if they are hurt by President Trump’s trade war. “We feel confident that if necessary there will be money there to help these farmers,” she said on “Fox News Sunday” as she argued Trump is working to “completely realign” the world economy.

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John McCormick
John McCormick @McCormickJohn
10 Apr 25

In-box: @benwikler stepping down from chair of Democratic Party of Wisconsin when his term ends in June.

John McCormick
John McCormick @McCormickJohn
10 Apr 25

Scoop from @dnvolz : Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate. https://t.co/jrIqFWfArx

John McCormick
John McCormick @McCormickJohn
10 Apr 25

While the U.S. buys more goods from abroad than it sells, the opposite is true for services, everything from streaming subscriptions to financial advice. Trump left these exports out of his tariff math, but they are being pulled into his trade wars. https://t.co/mhOTzij4Ur