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The trouble with tariffs

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Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, starting a new trade war
Costco reaches tentative agreement with union to avert potential strike
Expected new tariffs will mean rising costs for everyday items
What DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough means for Meta, OpenAI, and Nvidia
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  • English

Much like his first go-round as president, Donald Trump’s plan to strengthen the economy if elected centers around tariffs.

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Trump has called tariff “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” and believes that higher ones will bring more manufacturing to the United States.

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History says otherwise.

For this edition of the Weekend Brief, we explore the effects of higher tariffs, and what happened the last time Trump implemented them.

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