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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled another round of Donald Trump’s tariffs is on the way.
“We expect to see some action soon,” Greer told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/trump-trade-tariffs-greer-section-301.html…

Greer hints new Trump tariffs coming on dozens of countries: 'Expect action soon'
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer's comments the Trump administration could impose new tariffs just as other duties are set to expire.

Carney houdt zijn rug recht.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7VA.7_kO.vlEtK4jvBTxD&smid=nytcore-android-shar…

Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.

Trump announces still more tariffs,
this time on generic drugs
Donald Trump announced a new package of tariffs on generic drugs made overseas, to begin in 2028.
The announcement, in a social media post, came just three months after the president issued a proclamation saying that generic pharmaceuticals “are not subject to tariffs at this time” but that decision “will be reassessed in one year.”
Trump’s latest head-spinning reversal on tariff policy means, he said, that…

Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.

#Carney calls #Trump's fresh tariffs a 'miscalculation' after trade talks collapse.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has said a fresh wave of US tariffs on Canada is a "miscalculation" designed to "hurt and divide us", after trade talks broke down late on Fr…

Trump prepares fresh tariffs on dozens of countries, FT reports
Donald ⁠Trump is poised to unleash fresh ⁠tariffs on ⁠dozens of countries
as soon as ⁠this week, the Financial Times reported on ⁠Tuesday,
with his temporary 10% global ‌tariff ‌scheduled to expire on ‌Friday.
The FT said the most immediate new duties are expected to be on a ‌par with the 10% tariffs currently in place,
but the administration was also working on other ⁠investigations that could gran…

Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.

It’s not cynical, it’s nuanced in a way that Michiganders are well-prepared to hear and understand.
NAFTA was hugely unpopular here because of how it sent so much of the auto industry to Mexico and to a lesser extent Canada (because CA was already tightly integrated with Detroit.)
Trump’s tariffs are HATED here because that long term integration created a complex interdependent system that depends on frictionless traffic across the borders.
(1/2) @…

The effects of tariffs depend on which goods are tariffed:
tariffs on consumption and intermediates act like shocks to supply;
tariffs on capital goods act like shocks to demand.
The concentration of the 2025 tariff increases on consumption goods and the relative sparing of capital goods limited the damage to output while amplifying the inflationary impulse.

Hard for me to feel too sad about this, knowing what I know now. Is it worse to have no deal than to have a deal with a party no one in their right mind would trust to follow through on their commitments?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/a

Ottawa fires back after rejecting U.S. trade deal
Carney says Canada will respond ‘dollar for dollar’ as Trump administration imposes 50% tariffs on $28-billion of Canadian goods

😜 "In Wisconsin, the digital billboards on heavily traveled highways read: “What’s worse than Chicago? Tariffs.” In Ohio, it’s: “What’s worse than Michigan? Tariffs.”
Swing-state billboards use football trash talk to call foul on tariffs - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/21/swing-state-billboards-use-football-trash-talk-call-foul-tariffs/

@… that’s why the only data centers that will actually get built are those with captive solar farms with battery storage, but Trump’s tariffs on Chinese solar panels and batteries means this won’t happen in the US.
That’s why I don’t believe there will be an AI crash. The trillions “committed” to data centers will mostly never be actually spent. China will…

“It’s war.”
That’s how one Canadian journalist described overnight developments between the governments of the US and Canada
after trade talks between the two were suspended on Friday night
without a deal in place to avoid the imposition of 50% tariffs threatened by Trump on a wide swath of Canadian goods.
Both nations accused the other of scuttling the deal,
with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney citing “last-minute changes” by the Trump administration
an…

'It's War': Trump's 50% Tariffs Take Hold After US-Canada Trade Talks Collapse | Common Dreams
"Trump is going to be hitting American consumers with a new round of tax hikes just over two months before the election," said one economist.

US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-trade-tariffs-trump-857ef76b20a766e370d70176135b678e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260822/p1#a260822p1

Prime Minister Mark #Carney has said a fresh wave of US tariffs on Canada is a "miscalculation" designed to "hurt and divide us", after trade talks collapsed late on Friday.
"They asked too much and they offered too little," Carney told Canadians on Saturday morning, adding the country was now in a trade "war" after being hit with punishing new US dut…

I can't really get over how the last sentence of the paragraph after the bullets and the second sentence in the paragraph after that aren't really complete thoughts and shouldn't be standalone sentences. Was this mindlessly transcribed from a dictation or did someone use an LLM and then scramble to remove em dashes?

Amusing take on tariffs from an Aussie observer:
GOOD NEWS, DONALD: YOUR TARIFFS ARE FINALLY WORKING.
FOR FUCKING CANADA.
#UsPol #Uspolitics #Tariffs

Donald Trumpon on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods,
declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.
The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos,
with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s return to the White House.
The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of the only…

Trump 50% tariffs target Canadian autos, alcohol and cheese
President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. The move, announced Monday, could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s return to the White House. The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of the only nat…

Clever, Denmark’s largest #EV charging provider,
is introducing dynamic pricing at all its public (and home) charging points: the charging price = spot energy price and time-varying network charges. A special subscription is required, so unfortunately it is not yet available on an ad hoc basis.

Franklin White Author
@FrankWAuthor
Coyne states it well. For me the most glaring example of unprincipled negotiation is the U.S. offer to lower steel tariffs from 50% to 25% yet requiring Canada to accept U.S. steel imports tariff free. Meanwhile, we must get on with trade diversification, at home and abroad. Cheers!

The Trump administration imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign drones, including 100% on models over 55lbs or with thermal imaging, in a bid to thwart China (Farah Stockman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/busines

Trump Puts Tariffs of Up to 100% on Foreign-Made Drones
In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.

Statement from the Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston on negotiations. From @… 🇨🇦
PREMIER’S OFFICE–Statement on U.S. Tariffs
Canada’s negotiating team tried to secure a deal for Canadians, which I’ve forcefully and vocally supported.
I continue to stand ready to support and work with the Prime Minister. We will work together to do everything possible to protect the massive number of Nova Scotian and Canadian families, workers and businesses that have now been added to the large list of those directly impacted by President Trump’s devastating tariffs.
It’s clear that we cannot trust or rely on the United States as we once did. This reality must make us more determined than ever to make Nova Scotia and Canada stronger. For Nova Scotia that means developing our own energy, developing our own natural resources and finding new markets for Nova Scotian goods and services.
We have tremendous opportunities and I am fully committed to seizing them.
Building up Nova Scotia is the only true path to protecting our future. Potential doesn’t build hospitals and roads. Turning potential into reality does.
This is our time to find the common ground necessary to build. This is how we make ourselves stronger and protect our future.
Let’s make it happen.
Let’s go Team Canada!

U.S. imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5941584/us-canada-tariffs

Greer hints new Trump tariffs coming on dozens of countries: 'Expect action soon' (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/trump-trade-tariffs-greer-section-301.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p53#a260721p53

So the country with a gigantic prison-industrial forced-labour workforce will now charge other countries an import tariff due to their supposed forced labour practices?
Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian
https://www.t…

Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs
US president faced criticism from Democrats after tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% imposed on more than 80 countries

In the Senate today, lawmakers plan to question US trade representative Jamieson Greer.
Ron Wyden, the Senate finance committee’s top Democrat, said that
Donald Trump’s “tariff spree” has “hammered” farmers and small business owners in his home state of Oregon
– particularly in communities which voted for the president in 2024.
“Like so many other promises, Donald Trump has made to working people, The second he set foot in the White House, he did nothing to put Americ…

Trump trade envoy grilled about ‘tariff spree’ and price rises for Americans in Senate hearing – US politics live
Jamieson Greer faces senators’ questions about latest round of tariffs and impacts on cost of living of Trump policies

U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse just before deadline for tariffs (Miguel Macias/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5941584/us-canada-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260822/p7#a260822p7

"Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Just heard (on the Beeb) that the just-paused new tariffs on Canada were imposed under the “Tariff Act of 1930”
That’s Smoot-Hawley! He’s reviving the most reviled tariff law since King George‘s Stamp Act.

Fat Loser economics are trash.
1️⃣ Trump's tariffs resulted in 1M fewer US jobs
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-bet-tariffs-would-bring-back-american-factory-jobs-new-report-says-didnt-work
…

Thank god the president is saving us from the tubas. 📯
“This week, the Trump administration declared tubas, trombones, trumpets, and French horns a national security threat.
Yes, really.”
The catering-cart-in-chief is terrified of the sousaphone.
https://www.classicfm.com…

Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Collapse; Washington Imposes New Tariffs (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/world/canada/trump-tariffs-trade-no-deal-carney-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7VA.tugW.TpyuHDZLl2Nx&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260822/p2#a260822p2

Here we go round the mulberry bush....
Trump announces 50% tariff on range of Canadian goods over auto, alcohol disputes
U.S. President signs proclamations to impose tariffs on wine, hockey sticks, cement and other goods

Sources: South Korea's dismissal of a US congressional report saying it discriminated against US-based Coupang is causing strains between the two countries (Justin Papp/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/31/coupang-south-korea-us-tariffs.html

Coupang dispute fuels new U.S. tariff pressure on South Korea
South Korea's dismissal of Congress' allegations that it discriminated against U.S.-based Coupang is straining the country's ties with the U.S., sources said.

Brazil Unveils New Relief for Companies Hit by US Tariffs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/brazil-unveils-new-relief-for-companies-hit-by-us-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p29#a260723p29

Summary of the measures relating to EVs in the EU's Electrification Action Plan (and related initiatives), alongside the general adjustments to network tariffs, connection conditions and taxation
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/publications/co…

Invasion of the #Zombie #Fires
Last week, the President seized on smoke from Canadian forest fires as another reason to impose tariffs. On Sunday, he told reporters that he had confronted Mr. Carney on the issue while they attended the World Cup final in New Jersey together.
“I told him, I…

"The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs."
Trump’s Fraudulent Forced Labor Tariffs | Portside
https://portside.org/2026-09-19/trumps-fraudulent-forced-labor-tariffs

I'm sure Canada will just stop those wildfires if they US imposes tariffs
this timeline

After waiting for months.. I just got a wire transfer from US Customs and Border Protection.
Tariff refunds are in. It’s a substantial amount, but also.. thats also what killed our business.
So fuck you Trump and those who elected him.
But I’m glad to have this refund (it’s not like they had a right to collect it in the first place)
#tariffs

Trump threatened Canada with additional tariffs over wildfire smoke:
“This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence,
costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying.”
Trump’s rhetoric was presaged by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) introducing a bill to sanction Canadian officials found “responsible” for the fires,
revoke their visas and express a sense of Cong…

GOP Senator Calls For Stripping Visas From Canadian Officials Because Of Wildfires
“We will not tolerate this incompetence,” vowed Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who may not understand how climate change works.

Trump says he will impose 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods in 30 days (David J. Lynch/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/07/20/trump-says-he-will-impose-50-percent-tariffs-canada/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p45#a260721p45

Decided I could only ship stickers to the United States because of the tariff chaos that guy is illegally imposing
Only the Congress has the power to impose #tariffs)
You can still order my #AccordionRevolution book from bookstores though
❤️‍🔥🪗
And there’s these t…

Zo straf je je eigen bevolking, net als in de VS. Ik dacht dat ze belasting gingen heffen die de verzender moet betalen
https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/carney-tariff-counterattack-trump-what-it-means-for-quebec/

Sounds like this is the story that is going to stick.
Trump is not a reliable partner in anything.
Carney: “last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal”
Ask Ukraine. Ask Iran. Ask NATO.
The American Century is over.

#canpoli #cdnpoli

Donald Trump has threatened the EU with “serious tariffs” and a halt to trade after the bloc proposed making Canada its first ever associate member
– an idea he derided as “laughable”.
The US president said that if the EU moved forward with the plan, Washington could impose “very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe”.
He added: “If it’s a good intention, that’s fine. If it’s a bad intention, we’ll put very heavy tariffs on Europe.”
Canada’s prime minister, Mark…

Trump threatens to stop trading with EU over ‘laughable’ membership offer to Canada
US president responds as Mark Carney seeks to move closer to Europe and diversify defence ties

Trump announces temporary pause of beef import tariffs in effort to lower prices ahead of midterms (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announces-temporary-pause-beef-import-tariffs-effort/story?id=135841581
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p113#a260821p113

The White House announces new tariffs on drones and components, including a 100% levy on "particularly sensitive" models, aiming to cut reliance on Chinese tech (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5ca83d6d-2c13-4d5e-b564-881f89189b3e

'We're getting into an ugly phase': Trump's new tariffs are angering voters and U.S. allies alike (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/oh-crap-those-are-bad-things-trumps-new-tariffs-threatening-further-dampen-gop-midterm-enthusiasm-01008536
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p20#a260723p20

RE: https://newsie.social/@Tendar/116894741574780552
Did you know this fire in Moscow was imported, and as a special deal, the importer didn’t even have to pay any tariffs? I know, right?

Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Sources: the US is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon, a material critical to chips, later this month, in a bid to counter China (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-weighs-polysilic…

You might have to wait a while for your $5,000 check.
But that doesn’t mean that the Trump dividend hasn’t already been paid out.
To the contrary, the president and his congressional enablers have been handing out money left and right.
They’ve made people very rich, in fact.
It’s something that they’re quite good at doing—at least for a few.
Once upon a time, Trump claimed that shared prosperity would come in the form of tariffs,
which he believed woul…

The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.
Here are some things to remember while you’re waiting for that $5,000 the president is promising.

American tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart (Rhianna Schmunk/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-tariffs-trump-imposes-new-50-per-cent-levy-on-canadian-goods-august-22-9.7311417
http://www.memeorandum.com/260822/p14#a260822p14

Trump slaps 50% tariffs on Canada goods on trade discrimination claims
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/trump-tariffs-canada-trade.html

"Trump says US being 'invaded by filthy air' as he threatens Canada with tariffs over wildfires"
Some Canadians say they have been invaded by "Filthy spewing Trumpies" for years.

Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price increase since 2025 (Kenneth Shepard/Kotaku)
https://kotaku.com/xbox-price-increase-2026-tariffs-buy-now-pay-later-2000710565…

Xbox Is Increasing Console Prices For A Third Time
Microsoft is increasing the prices of Xbox Series consoles once more and introducing a 'Buy Now, Pay Later' option

Tariff Man's new assault on Canada is his dumbest yet (Liz Dye/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-canada-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p16#a260723p16

Ship $1 billion of Chinese goods straight to an American port, and the duty can run to several hundred million dollars.
Send the identical goods through Vietnam, Malaysia or Thailand, and most of that bill disappears.
Send them through Mexico wearing U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement paperwork that they have not earned, and the bill can disappear entirely.

Opinion | It Was a Great Scam While It Lasted
U.S. tariff rates are not for rent.

Trump's Canada tariff leaves Maine Republicans scrambling for distance (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/trump-canada-tariffs-maine-scramble-elections-01007089
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p186#a260721p186

U.S. President Donald Trump is blaming Canadian forest management for the smoke that has blanketed parts of the United States, threatening to increase tariffs to compensate for U.S. expenses caused by plummeting air quality.
But a wildfire expert says the President’s claims lack grounding in science and excoriated the remedies aimed at Canada as being unreasonable.
#REALITYCHECK…

Wildfire expert offers reality check for U.S. lawmakers who castigated Canada for smoke
Complaints sidestep the fact that wildfire smoke routinely crosses the border in both directions, B.C. ecologist says

Sources: the Trump administration is weighing sweeping new tariffs on chips and other products like laptops and consoles, despite warnings from tech companies (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/27/data-centers-chips-tariffs-threat-01050957

Trump pauses quota tariff on 300,000 tons of beef ahead of midterms (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/21/trump-ground-beef-import-tariffs-01045353
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p45#a260821p45

Trump Is Squeezing Canada. Don't Expect Carney to Roll Over. (Matina Stevis-Gridneff/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.vA3T.9qmkykQ78_Za&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p68#a260721p68

Trump says the US will initiate a probe into the EU's practice of "robbing" US tech giants with fines, threatening the bloc with "substantial" tariffs (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/trump-tariffs-eu-trade-google-a…

Trump threatens EU with 'substantial TARIFF' for 'ROBBING' U.S. tech giants

Congress can play a vital role here.
Even many Republicans in Congress are unhappy about Trum's tariffs,
and they have the power to halt them.
They can start with public criticism, which will raise the political cost for Trump of keeping the tariffs in place.
If he does not yield, they should pass new laws closing the loopholes he has used.
In the case of the Canada tariffs, Congress should pass legislation to make clear that he cannot use the 1930 law to e…

Opinion | The Ludicrous Argument Behind Trump’s Tariffs
Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.

Donald Trump’s move to impose a fresh round of #tariffs on more than 80 countries has drawn criticism from both Democratic politicians and his own allies.
Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, announced that the Trump administration “is imposing tariffs on more than 80 countries for their failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced l…

Trump’s new tariffs ‘a sales tax that will make life harder for Americans’, say Democrats – US politics live
Even some Republicans apparently expressing concern over measures against 85 countries

Trump: Canada Has Failed To Maintain Their Forests Therefore I'm Raising Their Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/07/trump-canada-has-failed-to-maintain-their-forests-therefore-im-raising-their-tariffs-over-wildfire-smoke/

Trade policy is changing rapidly around the world
but likely nowhere faster than here in the US.
Between the Trump administration’s whack-a-mole tariff policies and war in Iran,
it’s very hard to keep up with the current rules.
That’s where Altana comes in.
All that data coming from all around the world gives the CEO, Evan Smith a really high-level view of what’s actually happening.
All those tariffs, for example, were supposed to bring manufacturing job…

Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Altana CEO Evan Smith discusses using AI for customs and shipping and how tariffs and the war in Iran affect global trade and the costs of goods.

Donald Trump plans 100% tariffs on generic drugs in 2028 (Aime Williams/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/86e0c0df-8280-4224-8db2-81a662164554
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p170#a260721p170

The New Canadian Tariffs
take aim at big industries,
like aluminum and steel,
in addition to smaller ones located in states with closely watched midterm elections
The Canadian tariffs were designed to protect domestic companies hit by a fresh set of hefty U.S. tariffs
and to sting Donald Trump and his Republican Party
as they head into a difficult midterm election in November

“Our closest ally. Our critical trading partner. And Trump is hitting Canada with 50% tariffs. What the actual fuck are we doing?”
-- California Governor Gavin Newsom
good question ... blunt and to the point.
#Tariffs #Canada

WSJ Board Blasts GOP Senator For Publicly Praising Tariffs While Secretly Seeking Exemptions For AL Firms - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/09/wsj-board-blasts-gop-senator-for-publicly-praising-tariffs-while-secretly-seeking-exemptions-for-al-firms/

Data centers offer US a chance to get ahead in the next key technologies and to build domestic supply chains based on demand rather than subsidies and tariffs (Josh Zoffer/Financial Times)

Trump Offers to Cut Canada Auto Tariffs to 15% in Trade Deal (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/trump-offers-to-cut-canada-auto-tariffs-to-15-in-trade-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p106#a260819p106

Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/economy/trump-tariffs-canada.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260720/p131#a260720p131

found this and sharing is caring....
Tariff this
#tariffs

US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal | Trump tariffs | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/trump-tariffs-us-refunds

An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday -- as the country’s fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union
The Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on X that it has activated protocols to restore electricity.
Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island,

Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout has hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout Monday was reported by Cuba’s Electric Union, which said on X that the cause was under investigation. Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island’s ongoing economic and financial crisis. Public transportation has largely been halted, and o…

Canadian provincial leader says Trump is a 'bad person' as Canada weighs concessions for trade deal (Rob Gillies/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/canada-quebec-trump-tariffs-75d3f24bb11178d8c9bb28b144e1dcf0
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p19#a260821p19

Cyclosporiasis, DOGE, and You -- When you break everything, anything can be your fault. (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/cyclosporiasis-doge-and-you-outbreak-lettuce-wildfire-smoke-canada-tariffs?open=false
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p36#a260721p36

Trump announcement of drone tariffs instantly made his son richer
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-drone-tariffs-jr-son-richer

Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-…

Reducing the immigrant labor pool,
imposing tariffs on imports,
and the Iran War
are costing consumers billions in higher out-of-pocket costs.
Trump’s problem now is all three of his major second-term policies are raising prices across a range of commodities, but especially housing, food, and gas.
Throughout the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump, his supporters, and the national punditry invoked that term to indict President Biden’s economic policies.
Although…

Trumpflation is here
He broke it, he bought it.

Trump postpones 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (Courtenay Brown/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/trump-canada-tariffs-50-percent-postponed
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p5#a260819p5

Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-pauses-canada-tariffs-rcna593176
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p21#a260819p21

Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill - Cobb Courier
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2026/08/trumps-forever-tariffs-are-kicking-in-for-the-long-haul-and-us-consumers-are-footing-the-bill/

Trump Pauses Canada Tariffs for Three Days Subject to a Deal (Alicia Diaz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/trump-pauses-50-canada-tariffs-for-three-days-subject-to-a-deal-mszgvwa3
http://www.memeorandum.com/260818/p157#a260818p157

The Senate race in Kansas is still a very tough challenge for Democrats.
But if there’s any way to win such a contest, it would be in a situation like this one,
where Trump is so overwhelmingly destructive toward voters’ interests
—and the GOP incumbent so obviously unwilling to act as a check on him
—that it allows Democrats to reach voters usually off limits to them.
Bombardier’s U.S. headquarters is in Wichita,
where it employs over 1,000 workers.

Why Trump’s Angry New Tirade at Canada Is About to Backfire On Him
Trump’s latest threats to punish Canada could hurt a lot of American workers—including in states with big races this fall—even as they reveal MAGA’s deepest failings.

Tariffs risk upending low-cost drug supply
Generic drug manufacturers must move production to the U.S. or face a 100% import duty starting August 2028, Trump said,
threatening the supply of low-cost medicines that millions of Americans rely on.
Trump said in a social media post, the move is aimed at “reshoring” generic pharmaceutical production in the U.S., and companies that don’t build plants onshore will face levies -- that would then double, to 200%, in August 2029, (Aft…

Donald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts and steel
to 50% today,
after trade negotiations between Washington and Ottowa broke down last week.
On Truth Social, the president blasted Canada, and said the new duties will go into effect on 1 January 2027.
This latest escalation comes after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney rejected the latest deal on Saturday,
after Trump previously slapped a 50% tariff on $20bn worth of…

Trump escalates trade war with Canada with threat to raise tariffs on vehicles and steel – live
The president says a 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks, steel and auto parts will take effect on 1 January 2027

Trump 'Won' on Tariffs? Lol. (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-won-on-tariffs-lol-trade-prices-manufacturing-economy
http://www.memeorandum.com/260817/p41#a260817p41

A new, bipartisan bill could allow Trump to drop 100 percent tariffs on virtually any country he likes,
for as long as he likes,
and with pretty much bulletproof legal authority to do so;
Which means even the Supreme Court couldn’t bail out Congress (or the rest of us) next time.
This is all happening through the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act,
which is rapidly moving through Congress with broad bipartisan support.
It is expected to clear the S…

Senate Voting to Give Trump a Tariff Nuke
A bill supposedly aimed at Russia is really an unprecedented new tariff power grab—yet prominent Democrats are backing it.

Trump says Canada will face tariffs over wildfire smoke, claiming 'willful negligence' (Sophie Brams/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5975233-trump-canada-wildfire-smoke-tariffs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260717/p100#a260717p100

Trump says Canada must pay new tariffs due to 'totally unacceptable' wildfire smoke (Steven Nelson/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/07/17/us-news/trump-says-canada-must-pay-new-tariffs-due-to-totally-unacceptable-wildfire-smoke/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260717/p110#a260717p110

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)typically passes in Congress each year with bipartisan margins.
But the $1.15tn defense policy billpassed in a near-party-line votein the House of Representatives on Wednesday has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in an uproar.
That’s because the NDAA’s path to enactment this year has been complicated by the president’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran without first seeking authorization from Congress
– a war that has…

Trump administration announces new tariffs on more than 80 countries, claiming failed ‘forced labor’ enforcement – US politics live
Canada, Mexico, Australia, EU and China among dozens of economies listed in US president’s latest ⁠effort to restore regime of near-global import taxes after supreme court struck down his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Trump's trade war with Canada was met with anger by Democratic lawmakers and governors from US states that border Canada
including Minnesota, New York and Washington.
New York governor Kathy Hochul posted on X: “Needlessly picking fights with our allies and raising prices here at home. That’s Trump’s economic policy in a nutshell.”
Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar, said the new tariffs meant “higher costs for small businesses, farmers, and all Minnesota families.”
…

‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war
PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors

US announces new 25% tariffs on Brazil for 'unfair' trade practices (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/business/us-brazil-tariffs-trade-intl-hnk
http://www.memeorandum.com/260716/p38#a260716p38

China and US Discuss Cutting Tariffs on Agriculture and Energy (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-15/china-and-us-discuss-cutting-tariffs-on-agriculture-and-energy
http://www.memeorandum.com/260915/p54#a260915p54

Small Businesses Despise Trump's Tariffs -- For Good Reason (Scott Lincicome/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-08-14/trump-s-tariffs-are-an-existential-threat-to-small-businesses?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjcxMTc0NywiZXhwIjoxNzg3MzE2NTQ3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSlI1MEdLR0lGUFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQUZERUIwMjc0RkU0NTc0QjNCQzU5NDIwREEwODExQiJ9.PbxWozon9iGUWKTzs0xC3a2Ds1Y7eOCGFG7YFEc_BI8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260814/p33#a260814p33