Skip to main content

Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Wage Economic War on World; Market Keeps collapsing

The Weekly Rose

Written by Daniel Mercado

Trump announced a 25% tariff on global imports of aluminum and steel on February 11th with it going into effect on March 12th. All throughout February, March, Trump threatened to increase tariffs on staple goods of the EU, China, Canada, and Mexico. In April 2nd, Trump announced “Liberation Day” instituting a broad 10% tariff rates on all countries, with China being initially slapped with 34% import taxes, while Vietnam was hit with a 46% import tax. Then on April 4th, China announces a 34% tax on the import of American goods.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

More from The Weekly Rose

Dr. Gabriel Rockhill Speaks About Liberalism and Fascism at Kansas State

The Weekly Rose
The Left needs a clear and well-tested framework for defining, separating, and responding to these attacks on public life. That is why, on April 18th, the YDSA at Kansas State invited political philosopher, scholar, and professor Dr. Gabriel Rockhill to speak at our campus
Post a Comment
Read more

Built Different: Conservativism Shrinks Your Moral Sphere

The Weekly Rose
We all agree bad things are wrong. The leaders of the conservative movement don't thing anything ought to be done about it. The fundamental differences in thought between conservatives and the left provides us all the more reason to act.
Post a Comment
Read more

Malicious Pronouns

The Weekly Rose
Formatting your email signature in the face of the pronoun ban may seem daunting. Comply with the letter, but not the spirit of the law, and fill your email with non-gender identifying pronouns.
Post a Comment
Read more

The ‘Free Market’ of Ideas Has a Paywall

The Weekly Rose
Media bias ratings sites like All Sides and Ground News manufacture consensus for US geopolitical interests by manipulating the boundaries between left and right.
Post a Comment
Read more

Hear the Students! We Rally With UAKU!

The Weekly Rose
Unionization is the natural conclusion when an administration igrnores Shared Governance. A university that doesn’t respect its workers cannot respect its students. A university that doesn’t invest in sustainability cannot claim to care about our future.
Post a Comment
Read more

Black Stones, Black Blood

The Weekly Rose
A History of Coltan Mining and Extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . To fuel its tech boom, as is its nature, the First World is preying upon the Third for its resources
Post a Comment
Read more