Economy News Tariffs Hurt Pa Farmers And The Economy, Congress Must Remove Them Now

Ripple effect: Soybean tariffs hurt farmers, but so many others as well

During this time of notably high political divisiveness, it is not typical to find broad agreement on matters of public policy. But one area in which there is considerable agreement is the negative ... Read More

Rand Paul Warns Of 'Farmageddon' As Tariffs Hit Farmers, Says Supreme Court Must Rein In Trump's Executive Tax Power

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) issued a stark warning about the growing impact of tariffs on American farmers, calling them an unconstitutional exercise of presidential power that needs to be brought down, ... Read More

Walz says tariffs are taking a "wrecking ball" to U.S. farm families

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ... Read More

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs are costing US soybean farmers billions of dollars in sales — here’s how the ripple effect could hurt you

U.S. soybean farmers headed into harvest season facing a problem possibly more daunting than a drought or a tornado. China, the top global buyer of soybeans, has moved away from American beans in the ... Read More

Tariffs aren't the reason Tennessee farmers are struggling | Opinion

Tariffs often get the blame for the agriculture crisis, but rising interest rates and soaring input costs are squeezing our farmers the most. Read More

Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Farmers are facing a crisis of uncertainty due to tariffs

Reversing those tariffs is the only way to resolve the crisis. A bipartisan group seeks to reassert Congressional control over tariffs. Read More

Kansas, Missouri farmers went big for Trump. His tariffs are gutting them | Opinion

When President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports on Oct. 10, he envisioned economic triumph. Yet the real front line of this trade war isn’t in Washington’s war rooms but in ... Read More

Trump loves his tariffs. Too bad he’s wrong about them.

Thanks to the tariffs he has imposed on about 90 countries, he claims, “we’re becoming rich as hell. … And when we finish this out, there’ll never be any wealth like what we have.” The United States ... Read More

The Tariffs Trump Promised, But Didn’t Deliver, Didn’t Hurt the Economy

A threatened tariff that is never implemented does not hurt the economy as much as a threatened tariff that is actually implemented. That simple point seems to have eluded Matthew Lynn, a financial ... Read More

Global economy shrugs off Trump’s tariffs, at least for now, IMF says

The global economy is performing better than expected amid a historic upheaval in U.S. trade policy, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are beginning to erode prospects for future growth, ... Read More

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit Americans in 2026. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More

U.S. economy speeds up despite shutdown, but tariffs weigh on exports and business confidence

The U.S. economy sped up in October during the ongoing government shutdown, new surveys show, but high tariffs were hurting exports, businesses said, casting a cloud over the upcoming year. S&P Global ... Read More