Trump tariff timeline: How the U.S. 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 rollout and shifting rationales that have 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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