Tariff timeline: How Trump turned global trade into an economic battlefield

Trump has praised tariffs as a fix for economic issues, but their erratic rollout and shifting reasons have worried investors. See a timeline of the president’s trade rhetoric.

President Donald Trump's dizzying tariffs rhetoric has caught the economy flat footed.

While Trump has long lauded trade duties as a solution to a host of economic woes, it has been the tariffs' erratic roll-out — and shifting rationales — that has alarmed investors.

Trump has threatened or imposed tariffs targeting Mexico, Canada, China, Europe, and the rest of the world.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/tariff-timeline-trump-trade-war-global-economy-rcna196487

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