Showing posts with label Trump’s tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump’s tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit. Show all posts

Friday, March 2, 2018


By Politico, March 01, 2018

Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, has been rumored to be on the brink of leaving the White House for months but stayed for one main reason: to stop the president from imposing steep tariffs.

By Thursday afternoon, Cohn had lost the fight.

In a meeting with steel industry executives, Trump announced plans for a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.