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Mar 9, 2018

03/09/2018: Trump’s steel tariffs might be targeting the wrong countries

(U.S. Edition) With President Trump’s announcement that he’ll meet with the leader of North Korea (a first for an American president), Asian markets rallied. We’ll look at how a conflict on the Korean peninsula would affect East Asian economies. Afterwards, we’ll discuss why Trump’s steel tariffs might not be very effective, and then examine why workers are seeing bigger paychecks these days.

Domestic steel producers are being undercut by cheap imports.
Domestic steel producers are being undercut by cheap imports.
Brian Bull

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(U.S. Edition) With President Trump’s announcement that he’ll meet with the leader of North Korea (a first for an American president), Asian markets rallied. We’ll look at how a conflict on the Korean peninsula would affect East Asian economies. Afterwards, we’ll discuss why Trump’s steel tariffs might not be very effective, and then examine why workers are seeing bigger paychecks these days.