Tariffs: Trump pursues his trade war through every method available
Donald Trump and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer aboard Air Force One, on May 15, 2026. ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES/AFP The new tariffs have arrived, and they look very similar to the old ones. On Thursday, July 23, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that new tariffs on imports from 60 economies, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, would be implemented to replace the previous ones, which were set to expire on Friday.
- ▪Donald Trump and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer aboard Air Force One, on May 15, 2026.
- ▪ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES/AFP The new tariffs have arrived, and they look very similar to the old ones.
- ▪On Thursday, July 23, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that new tariffs on imports from 60 economies, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, would be implemented to replace the previous ones, which were set to expire on Friday.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 29 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 2 lean left, 1 centre.
- ▪ Trump’s Global Tariffs: What’s the Latest on the Trade War — NYT — Home
- ▪ Tariffs Will Long Outlive Trump — NYT — Opinion
- ▪ Is Trump winning the tariff wars? — International homepage
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Donald Trump and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer aboard Air Force One, on May 15, 2026. ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES/AFP The new tariffs have arrived, and they look very similar to the old ones. On Thursday, July 23, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that new tariffs on imports from 60 economies, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, would be implemented to replace the previous ones, which were set to expire on Friday. The targeted countries, including all the European Union members counted as one economy, were accused of "failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor." In reality, the move represented the continuation of Donald Trump's trade war by other means.
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