Indiscriminate tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda

Letter to the Editor: Time to lay the blame where it belongs

Editor’s note: Opinions expressed by columnists are solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. To the Editor: I read Commissioner Ron West’s letter to the editor on April 4 in which he criticizes columns written by David Carlson and letters to the editor by Richard Gotshall and Jim Sullivan in prior issues of the Daily Journal. Their writings were critical of President Donald Trump and his administration as they wage tariff war…

Fiscal deficit, trade deficit, compromised retirement system, growing public debt and increasing importance of interest payments within the national budget; US remains a credible country, but...

American Opinion: Indiscriminate tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda

Not yet three months into a second term, President Donald Trump has taken difficult, but necessary, actions to rein in the scope of a federal government on a fiscally unsustainable path. He is also working with Republicans in Congress to extend his 2017 tax cut bill, allowing Americans to keep more of their own money. These are positive steps. But his obsession with tariffs threatens to sabotage the bulk of his agenda while hampering the America…

Trump Tariffs Threaten Spread of Big Batteries on the Power Grid

Analysts say the trade war will pile costs onto the fast-growing US energy storage industry — and slow it down.

In his second term, President Trump has pursued a policy of combating international trade, by imposing an increasing number of tariffs on many nations. US protectionism has targeted trading partners, political allies, as well as countries considered a danger to their interests. Among other measures, this president has decreed an additional 25 percent tariff on products from Mexico and Canada – subsequently exempting those that comply with the T-…

I understand what Trump is trying to do with tariffs. I'm not sure it'll pay off.

President Donald Trump has not yet been in office for three full months, but it's clear that his gamble on tariffs will make or break his second term.