Tag Archive for Tariffs

U.S. Senator Doug Jones Joins Republicans in Opposing Trump’s Tariffs and Trade War

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By Glynn Wilson – This might be a good time for Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to sit down for lunch with President Donald J. Trump at the White House, or maybe play a round of golf with him, to explain how tariffs actually work and brief him on the history of how trade…

U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls Trump Government Shutdown a ‘Hostage Crisis’

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By Glynn Wilson – On Day 27 of Trump’s government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama held a conference call with reporters on Thursday and compared the failing negotiations to a “hostage crisis.” He said his colleagues in the Senate are more than willing to debate and fund border security measures, but only “if…

The Year of the Dog 2018: Year in Review

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  It has truly been the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, a year characterized by “Action,” especially if you are a Twitter follower. You may be suffering from an overdose of adrenaline and dopamine. You might want to take a break during the…

Trump’s Twitter Trade Policies Are Already Costing Jobs, Plant Closures in U.S. Auto Manufacturing

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Doug Jones joins bipartisan group of Senators standing up to Trump tariffs on aluminum and steel – Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – Trump’s Twitter Trade policies are already costing jobs and plant closures in the…

Alabama People Support the President, but May Be Hardest Hit by Trump’s Twitter Trade War

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Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. – Nowhere in the country are people more supportive of the president than Alabama, yet they may be the first people hardest hit by Donald Trump’s Twitter trade…

President Trump’s Trade War Casts Pall Over Global Economy, While Auto Tariffs Threaten Alabama Jobs

President Trump Meets With Steel And Aluminum Manufacturing Industry Leaders Announcing New Tariffs

ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump’s insistence on fighting a trade war against the entire world all at once for political purposes is on the verge of casting a pall over the global economy that could depress global economic growth and result in the loss of American jobs…

Senator Doug Jones: Tariffs Threaten Alabama Jobs

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Guest Column – By Doug Jones – WASHINGTON, D.C. — From Florence to Dothan, Mobile to Huntsville, and every stop in between, Alabama is a proud producer and exporter of goods to countries around the world. In fact, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, more than 567,000 Alabama jobs are supported by global trade.…

U.S. Senators Doug Jones, Lamar Alexander Push Back on Trump Trade Wars and Tariffs

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — You would have to go back to the 1920s and early ’30s to find a President of the United States willing to fight trade wars with other countries and express hostility to international trade agreements as Donald Trump seems intent on doing, it seems for domestic political points…