tariffs
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Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
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A report released Thursday by Colorado’s governor said President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting the state’s economy and courting a recessionary scenario. State economists have, in fact, been sounding the risk of a scenario for a year — preceding both the White House’s tariffs changes and the congressional budget that Democrats blamed for Colorado’s…
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Biden to suspend tariffs on Asian solar panels following outcry over federal probe
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The White House on Monday announced plans to suspend tariffs on solar panels imported from four Asian countries suspected of serving as proxies for China to evade trade sanctions imposed by the Obama administration on Chinese solar imports as far back as 2012. The import of solar panels from Asia by American businesses came to…
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Experts: China tariffs will wound US natural gas industry, but not mortally
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By Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner China’s new tariffs on American liquefied natural gas will hurt the industry, but ultimately may only hinder rather than halt the progress of a growing industry that is a key plank of the Trump administration’s “energy dominance agenda,” experts say. China has represented the best opportunity for the U.S. to…
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Retailers are doing well but fear tariffs’ impact
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By Joe Williams, Washington Examiner The U.S. retail industry is flourishing, a rebuke to critics who just a few years ago predicted its demise, but looming threats such as President Donald Trump’s trade skirmishes may weigh on profits in 2019. At least 25 of the top publicly-traded stores reported revenue growth for the most recent…
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Trump says he’ll end NAFTA; strikes deal with Mexico alone
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President Donald Trump announced Monday he would end the North American Free Trade Agreement, adding that he has struck a new trade deal with Mexico. But where that leaves Canada, the third partner in NAFTA and Colorado’s top market for beef exports, is up in the air. In an announcement from the White House Monday,…
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As trade war escalates, Colo. faces broadening impact on export economy
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It isn’t only Colorado agriculture that’s getting nervous about what the Trump administration’s tariffs could cost them. Insiders at many industries in Colorado – even distillers – say they could be hurt by an escalation of the trade war between the United States and foreign trading partners like China, Canada and Mexico – the state’s…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association
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Montana Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association HELENA, Montana – As Montana’s governor prepares to serve a yearlong chairmanship of the National Governors Association, he announced his top initiative: Good Jobs for All Americans. One of the biggest challenges for employers isn’t government regulation or the tax structure, it’s having a talented and trained…
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Stapleton to ag community: I’ll stand up for you with Trump administration
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State treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton hosted a roundtable Thursday for representatives of the agriculture community on trade and tariffs – a session that was closed to reporters. The forum, hosted at the Colorado Farm Bureau’s headquarters in Centennial, included Stapleton and three Republican members of the General Assembly: his lieutenant governor running…
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VIDEO: Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs — yeah, baby
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Leave it to Millennial Policy Center to find the funny in President Trump’s battles over trade and tariff. They satirize Austin Powers in the process in the chuckle-worthy takedown you see posted above. While the Denver-based think tank for younger policy geeks is as conservative as Ronald Reagan’s reputation, it leans harder toward free markets.…
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INSIGHTS: Trump sowing seeds of doubt in Colorado farm country
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If you want to make some noise, you stick the pig that squeals loudest. That’s what you need to know about the Chinese tariffs on 128 U.S. agricultural products and what it could mean for President Trump. Coloradans in the business of livestock and crops want Trump to be the dealmaker they elected him to…
