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August 26: How
many Trump products were [are] made overseas? Here’s the complete list.
“Trump’s products have been made in 12 other countries.”
The Hillary Clinton campaign has at least two ads attacking Donald Trump for
outsourcing the production of his merchandise. Given Trump’s rhetoric against
companies shipping jobs out of the United States — he vowed not to eat Oreo
cookies anymore after Nabisco moved some U.S. factory jobs to Mexico — this is a
frequent attack on his record as a businessman.
May 25:
[President
Trump] decided to allow lemons to be imported from Argentina --
one of the biggest lemon producers in the world -- for the first time in 16
years.
May 31: The Trump administration is imposing
tariffs on steel
and aluminum
imports from Europe, Canada and Mexico after a month-long exemption expires at
midnight. Steel imports will be taxed at 25 percent and aluminum at 10 percent
under proclamations Mr. Trump
signed in March and
reconfirmed Thursday.
November 2: The Trump administration will
grant eight jurisdictions special exceptions to continue importing oil from Iran
after U.S. sanctions on the country snap back into place on Monday, according to
cabinet members.
December 6: Trade deficit hits 10-year high
as China shuns soybeans, Americans snap up imports
Trade deficit rises to $55.5 billion in October, which is highest since 2008 ...
amid a record shortfall with China, keeping the U.S. on pace to record the
largest annual gap in a decade.
Imports rose 0.2% to a record $266.5 billion in October. The U.S. imported more
autos, drugs and other consumer goods
Part of the recent surge in imports reflects American companies stocking up on
Chinese goods ahead of the holidays to get ahead of another increase in U.S.
tariffs that was supposed to kick in on Jan. 1. The U.S. tariff increase has
been temporarily been postponed until March.
