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Global response to get ugly

Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House March 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. “One lesson that many of America’s trading partners have learnt is that they need to use surgical strikes to make sure there is political pain …

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Mueller considers charges against Russians who leaked Democrat emails

Getty Images Special counsel Robert Mueller (2nd L) leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee June 21, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is building a case against the Russians who hacked and leaked private information of several key Democrats …

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US holds ‘frank and constructive’ talks on trade with China

Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House March 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic aides held “frank and constructive” talkswith Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser Liu He, on trade and economic …

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Georgia lawmakers pull airline break after Delta killed NRA discounts

Ramin Talaie | Corbis | Getty Images Delta Airlines planes taxi at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, GA. Georgia lawmakers on Thursday approved a tax bill that stripped out a jet-fuel tax exemption, a blow to Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, days after the carrier decided to end airfare discounts …

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Treasury Secretary tells UCLA it can’t show footage of his event

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, January 11, 2018. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked the University of California at Los Angeles not to share video or audio from his recent discussion …

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Canada, Brazil — but not China — will be hit hardest by Trump’s steel tariffs

China Daily | Reuters An employee works at a steel factory in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, July 4, 2016. Canada and Brazil are likely to bear the brunt of any tariffs on steel imposed by President Donald Trump, according to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce. According …

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Canada, European Union pledge countermeasures against US steel, aluminum tariffs

President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs was met with swift criticism overseas and promises of countermeasures. On Thursday, the president said the U.S. will set tariffs of 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminum. These new tariffs could come as early as next week and would not …

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Gunmaker American Outdoor Brands plummets 20% after sales plunge

Getty Images An attendee tries out an M&P 15-22 Sport rifle at the Smith & Wesson booth at the 2016 National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on January 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. American Outdoor Brands shares tanked …

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Trump could have a scheduling conflict for his own military parade

Mark Reinstein | Corbis | Getty Images US. Army M109 Paladin 155mm Self-Propelled gun drives over the East end of the memorial bridge that leads into Arlington Memorial Cemetery, during the Desert Storm Victory Parade. The framework for President Donald Trump’s “grand military parade” through the nation’s capital is beginning …

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Goldman’s playbook on how to invest around a global trade war

Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker loads an aluminum coil onto a loading dock at the Arconic manufacturing facility in Alcoa, Tennessee. President Donald Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel is sparking a big sell-off in the stock market. Investors are concerned the …

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