Tariff Coverage

Biden to call for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel products

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on his trade representative to more than triple some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China, as part of a series of moves meant to help cushion American manufacturers from a surge of low-cost imports.

Jim Tankersley and Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times

Fact check: Alma Adams says high lumber prices 'tied' to Trump administration

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, a Democrat who represents the Charlotte area, said a rise in lumber prices "can be tied to the previous administration's actions." PolitiFact North Carolina checks her claim.

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

EDITORIAL: Trump must act, not distract, on COVID-19 to move U.S. forward

Monday, May 4, 2020 -- Rather than looking to distract and deflect, it is way past time for President Donald Trump to acknowledge his responsibility and work more to lift the nation than his own ego. Blaming China, throwing tantrums demanding tariffs that will cost Americans more than the Chinese, won't cure a single case of coronavirus or put one of the 30 million unemployed Americans back on the job. It's just a distraction. The president needs to be focused NOW on supporting the hard work of governors and join with Congress to get critical aid to local governments and states to keep them solvent and serving their citizens.

Wine on the line: Proposed tariffs could double prices, cut jobs

The future of wine distributors in the United States could be drastically impacted by the possibility of new tariffs on European wine.

Liquor Taxes Could Go Up 400%, Thanks to Congressional Dysfunction

The last two years have been good ones for Lyon Distilling. At the small rum producer in St. Michaels, Maryland, a town on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, production has jumped from 4,000 bottles a year to 40,000. Four employees have become 15.

Clay Risen, New York Times

Stocks Whipsaw as Traders Face Conflicting Trade War Signals

BEIJING -- Stocks swerved up and down Thursday before ending with a modest gain after China sent conflicting signals about how it would respond to President Donald Trump's threats of new tariffs and investors took some solace in upbeat economic and earnings data.

Alexandra Stevenson, Amie Tsang and Matt Phillips, New York Times

Trump threatens China with $300B in new sanctions

President Trump is threatening to hit China with more tariffs and that could hit Americans right in the wallet.

PAUL KRUGMAN: Trump's Secret Foreign Aid Program

Saturday, July 27, 2019 -- It does seem worth pointing out that even as President Donald Trump boasts about taking money away from foreigners, his actual policies are doing exactly the opposite.

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Trump mixes economic and national security, plunging the U.S. into multiple fights

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is increasingly blurring the line between America's national and economic security, enabling him to harness powerful tools meant to punish the world's worst global actors and redirect them at nearly every trading partner, including Mexico, Japan, China and Europe.

Ana Swanson and Paul Mozur, New York Times

Some people back Mexico tariffs, even if they have to pay for them

Unless negotiators can come to a deal over the weekend, a 5 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico will take effect Monday.

Tariffs on Mexican imports will touch food, autos, homes in NC

Unless negotiators can come to a deal over the weekend, a 5 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico will take effect Monday.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

US, Mexico negotiators continue deal efforts regarding tariffs deadline

Mexican officials have been trying to demonstrate to President Trump they are serious about securing the border.

Tariffs starting to hit local appliance stores

Unless the tough trade talk with China cools down, experts say we may soon be paying more for a lot of things we buy.

John Matarese, Don't Waste Your Money consumer reporter

Trump ties tariffs to Mexican border security

Despite pushback from U.S. business, Mexico and Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his threat to slap a 5% tariff on Mexican imports unless America's southern neighbor cracks down on Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.

USDA announces $16 billion aid program for farmers stung by tariffs

The Trump administration, for the second straight year, is offering billions of dollars in aid to farmers hurt by continuing trade battles with China.

Dave Hendrickson, WRAL enterprise editor

DRAUGHON DRAWS: N.C. farmers harvest bumper crop of Trump's tariffs

Thursday, May 23, 2019 -- Capitol Broadcasting's editorial cartoonist.

Editorial: Trump's tariffs yield truth deficit

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -- China does not pay a penny in tariffs. Tariffs are paid by companies in the United States that import goods and products FROM China. Those importers pass those costs, in the form of higher prices for goods and products, to the American businesses and consumers that buy them. Who's hurt by tariffs? North Carolina farmers, investors, retailers and consumers.

'Buy now,' NCSU economist advises consumers before tariffs bring higher prices

American consumers could be hit the hardest by the U.S. trade war with China, as higher tariffs translate into higher prices.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

Tariffs could cost US families $400 to $700 a year

American consumers could be hit the hardest by the U.S. trade war with China, as higher tariffs translate into higher prices.

China retaliates in escalating trade war with US

As the two largest economies in the world trade blows, the results will begin to hit home with American consumers paying more.

Trump defends dramatically increasing tariffs

Overnight the Trump administration raised tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods even as the two sides continued talks Friday.

With price hike, recycling not worth it for some downtown Raleigh residents

Recycling is a way of life for most residents of the 400 West community in downtown Raleigh. But rising costs may change that.

Rick Armstrong, producer and Debra Morgan, anchor/reporter

Worry without answer as US agriculture secretary meets with NC farmers

Tell the president, one farmer says, "In eastern North Carolina, the house is on fire."

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Trump touts possible cease fire in trade war, deals with his own recorded words

President Trump plans to negotiate end to tariffs with European Union nations, but there's another battle brewing -- over the president's own recorded words.

Aid to farmers seen as short-term fix for long-term trade war problem

North Carolina farmers say a $12 billion aid package isn't enough to offset the long-term problems created by tariffs and a growing trade war.