Latest American Trade Policy News & Updates

Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has mounted a forceful and combative defence of his trade agenda after the Supreme Court curtailed his use of a key tariff authority, accusing unnamed “foreign interests” of influencing the justices, announcing a new 10 per cent global tariff and signalling that even steeper trade measures — including embargoes — could follow. Speaking at a White House news conference on Friday afternoon that blended grievance, policy, and political activism,…