‘There’s a whipsaw nature to it’: how we’ve covered Donald Trump’s tumultuous trade wars
The erratic escalations and climbdowns by the US president have made covering trade disputes a high-octane affair. We spoke to some of our business reporters and our correspondent in Toronto about how they keep up with it Reporting on international trade disputes is challenging enough at the best of times. But how do you cover a chaos-riven trade war launched against the whole world by a US president who acts as if he doesn’t understand how trade and tariffs work?
With the recent showdown between the US and Canada , our reporters have been reflecting on how they’ve kept our audience properly informed during the 15 months since Donald Trump dramatically announced a slew of tariffs in the White House Rose Garden.
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