Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

On day one, Trump lays out an ‘America First Trade Policy’ that targets China, hints at new deals

By Dan Dupont  / January 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
President Trump on Monday laid out a blueprint for an aggressive new trade policy, eschewing immediate tariff hikes but targeting China, trade deficits and reciprocity in current agreements while calling for a list of countries that might be candidates for new deals. In a memo on his “ America First Trade Policy ” addressed to a slew of senior administration officials, none of whom have taken office, Trump claimed the trade moves made by his first administration “spurred an American...

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