President Biden took office at the height of modern American protectionism. The trade policy legacy he inherited from the Trump administration puts the United States at a crossroads. Will Biden go down the problematic path of executive overreach like his predecessor, or will he forge a new path? We may not need to wait long to find out. In his first trade action, President Biden reinstated tariffs on aluminum from the United Arab Emirates under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which authorizes the president to impose tariffs when a certain product is “being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair national security.” Though infrequently used in the past, Section 232 was a favored trade tool of the Trump administration, which was responsible for nearly a quarter of all Section 232 investigations initiated since 1962. While Congress has constitutional authority over trade policy, Section 232 gives th
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Trump Official Arrested in Storming of Capitol Left Little Mark Before Riot
Federico Klein was an outspoken religious conservative with a “perfectly suburban” background before the F.B.I. arrested him for assaulting Capitol Police.
Federico G. Klein was included in a poster seeking information on several people seen in the crowd that stormed the Capitol.Credit.FBI
March 5, 2021
WASHINGTON Soon after President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the White House told State Department officials that they needed to find a job for a political appointee.
Federico G. Klein had been a low-level aide on Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and a stalwart supporter of the president, outspoken on his religious and conservative views. When a senior State Department official tried to object, believing Mr. Klein to be out of his depth in the world of diplomacy, he was overruled, according to a former department official. Mr. Klein was stashed in obscure positions with little influe
The Office of the United States Trade Representative recently released delivered President Biden s 2021 Trade Agenda and the 2020 Annual Report to Congress, detailing a comprehensive.
U.S. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to a 4-month suspension on tariffs that had been placed on a variety of products, including some types of construction and other heavy equipment.