tariffs
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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…
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Nigel Farage-Vicente Fox debates at CU teach students how to think
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President Trump’s recent move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is just his latest policy decision that has disrupted the traditional political order. Support for the decision has split conservatives between those who favor free trade and those who want to protect manufacturing jobs. But it’s also attracted some liberals, who are increasingly…
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Congress members from Colorado ‘disappointed’ with Trump’s tariffs
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Colorado’s congressional delegation includes some of the prominent Republicans pushing back on President Trump’s announcement Thursday afternoon to place tariffs of 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports. Plenty of pundits and lawmakers fear the tariffs could set off a trade war with the European Union that could prove destructive to…
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Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs in its latest video spoof
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Free market-minded Millennial Policy Center’s offers its own quickie course on tariffs and trade – the upshot being that the two don’t mix – and pitches the point through its latest effort in video spoofery. “ScamWow: The Tariff Towel!” – a play on the old “ShamWow” late-night infomercial – mocks the superficial allure of…
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Nerves over NAFTA dominate meeting of ag officials from three nations
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Heightened border security between the United States and Mexico wouldn’t just impact the flow of human traffic across the two nation’s borders; it also could affect the flow of perishable fruits and vegetables from Mexico into the United States and Canada, especially with the winter months coming. That’s among concerns expressed by agricultural officials from…
