Ford may have to cut 24,000 workers in midst of Trump trade war
President Obama saved the auto industry, but Trump’s policies are leading to layoffs and financial losses.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 09, 2018President Obama saved the auto industry, but Trump’s policies are leading to layoffs and financial losses.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 09, 2018Alibaba founder Jack Ma withdrew his offer to help grow American businesses.
By Eric Boehlert - September 20, 2018Plywood, lumber, furniture, and household appliances are more expensive, thanks to Trump’s ill-advised trade war.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2018Those hurt by Trump’s trade war are fighting back.
By Eric Boehlert - September 13, 2018A huge 20 percent tariff affecting publishers got quashed.
By Eric Boehlert - August 30, 2018Trump’s bailout to cover for his ill-advised trade war is falling far short of what farmers need — and they are letting him know just how badly he failed.
By Oliver Willis - August 28, 2018Trump’s irresponsible tariffs are forcing a storage safe manufacturer to close two plants and send more than 150 jobs to Mexico.
By Eric Boehlert - August 17, 2018Drug overdose deaths in the US have reached an all-time high, driven primarily by fentanyl use. And thanks to Trump’s trade war, fentanyl may soon be easier to get than ever.
By Caroline Orr - August 16, 2018Skyrocketing newsprint costs are prompting layoffs and may force small town newspapers to shut down.
By Eric Boehlert - August 10, 2018More jobs are lost, thanks to Trump.
By Eric Boehlert - August 07, 2018Trump promised huge spending to repair America’s roads and bridges, but he has utterly failed to deliver.
By Eric Boehlert - August 06, 2018Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel will raise production costs on beer brewers, and raise prices for beer drinkers.
By Oliver Willis - July 30, 2018Farmers aren’t buying Trump’s multi-billion dollar ‘farm bailout.’ They know it’s just Trump using tax dollars to clean up his own mess.
By Oliver Willis - July 26, 2018Trump’s tariffs mean higher aluminum costs, which means consumers have to pay more for soda.
By Eric Boehlert - July 26, 2018Whirlpool, Harley-Davidson, and GM are all feeling the pain.
By Eric Boehlert - July 25, 2018Trump’s trade war is a disaster for farmers. Now he thinks he can make up for it with a $12 billion bailout.
By Oliver Willis - July 24, 2018Trump’s tariff rhetoric hasn’t fooled voters.
By Eric Boehlert - July 24, 2018‘It’s a little bit like weight loss,’ a Trump official said of the huge hits coming to U.S. farmers.
By Eric Boehlert - July 19, 2018Republicans still refuse to stand up to Trump, even as red states take big hits.
By Eric Boehlert - July 11, 2018Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley admits Trump’s ill-considered trade war is ‘catastrophic’ for American farmers.
By Oliver Willis - July 11, 2018Trump’s reckless trade war could actually help turn the Senate blue.
By Eric Boehlert - July 09, 2018The Chamber of Commerce launches a big new campaign to try to save jobs from Trump’s trade war.
By Eric Boehlert - July 02, 2018Trump can’t handle the the repercussions of the trade war he started, so he’s lashing out at Harley-Davidson some more.
By Eric Boehlert - June 26, 2018America’s largest nail manufacturer may be forced out of business by Labor Day.
By Eric Boehlert - June 25, 2018With ‘friends’ like Trump, Harley-Davidson scarcely needs enemies.
By Tommy Christopher - June 25, 2018Trump’s top trade adviser stomps on America’s ally even as Trump lobbies for Putin.
By Tommy Christopher - June 10, 2018Trump’s trade war is causing so many problems for international business that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing a global intervention to pull him back from the brink.
By Oliver Willis - June 08, 2018A secret document prepared for the Trump White House confirms his tariffs will hurt the U.S. economy. But Trump is still pushing his bad, job-killing idea.
By Oliver Willis - June 07, 2018When confronted with his own very recent words, senior adviser Larry Kudlow had nothing coherent, or even accurate, to say.
By Tommy Christopher - June 03, 2018Red state farmers are already starting to lose millions of dollars as Trump’s tariffs take hold — and that has Trump’s own party trying to stop him.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2018