President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on most nations Wednesday, which his administration says will free the United States from relying on other countries for trade. The president has framed these tariffs as “reciprocal” to match trade barriers that other countries impose on products from the U.

A group of volcanic islands located near Antarctica and whose only inhabitants are colonies of penguins and seals is listed among foreign states subject to U.S. trade tariffs.

JD Foster is the former chief economist at the Office of Management and Budget and former chief economist and senior vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He now resides in relative freedom in the hills of Idaho.

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A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.

Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a bill on Thursday that would require congressional approval for new tariffs, the day after President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new taxes on a vast array of imported goods.

Four Senate Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump over trade policy.

A bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would require Congress to approve all tariffs within 60 days. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., proposed the measure.

President Donald Trump is stepping up his massive global trade war, a move that’s certain to weigh on Americans’ wallets and could push the US economy into a painful recession.