Column: 1-month tariff exemption is good, but then what?

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Trump signed an executive action directing the Commerce Department to examine possible copper tariffs, the latest in a string of measures aimed at imposing sector-specific levies that offer to reshape global supply chains. — Trying to run from President Donald Trump’s tariffs sounds like a losing game. But at the same time, there’s simply no way to untangle supply chains that have been built over decades in a month or two. (BLOOMBERG)

March 06, 2025 07:24 PM

Without a doubt, the pause in tariffs against USMCA-compliant auto imports from Canada and Mexico came as a relief to the auto industry — except for maybe the UAW.

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