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President-elect has threatened to levy tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, which can burden businesses and boost consumer prices

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The scale of what Trump has promised is difficult to fathom and without recent precedent. A century and a half ago, however, a movement to cast out a different group of people began to accelerate in the United States.

Donald Trump is doing everything he can to convince the world that, under his leadership, the United States is an unreliable trading partner.

Two presidents have a warning for Trump

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Journalist Laura Carlsen discusses how Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will navigate a series of domestic challenges and a changing U.S.-Mexico relationship.

Trump sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality. He was whoever they wanted him to be—a choose-your-own-candidate. Voters projected their wishes onto his candidacy, regardless of his stated policy program