ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said tariffs have contributed to higher costs for consumers and called for a more targeted approach to trade policy, while identifying the cost of living and housing affordability as major concerns facing families across Northern Illinois.

The simmering debate over how far to reject Trump’s trade agenda cuts across geography and ideology. It’s likely to bubble into public view in the coming months as Democrats prepare to assume more power in Congress and jump into the wide-open 2028 presidential primary.

It’s become an article of faith for trade hardliners in both parties that a protectionist agenda is a guaranteed pathway to building support among working-class voters. But now that President Donald Trump is testing that theory in practice, it is largely ...

Appearing before a friendly audience at the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump repeatedly asserted that tariffs are misunderstood as an economic tool. Donald Trump seized Tuesday on an opening to sound his frequent argument that imposing huge tariffs on ...

President Donald Trump is making tariffs a key part of his closing economic pitch to voters ahead of the midterms, arguing they’re delivering a manufacturing revival. Economists say they’ve been a hindrance.

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled. By Ana Swanson Reporting from Washington The United States had offered to reduce its tariffs on ...

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says India and the United States are very close to reaching a trade agreement, with only a few issues left to be negotiated. In an exclusive interview with India Today,

New tariffs on imported drones and components are pushing agricultural drone companies to accelerate U.S. manufacturing efforts, though gaps in domestic supplies of batteries, motors and other key parts remain a major hurdle.

The Trump administration’s tariffs are slowing Americans’ access to the cheese just as producers were finding a foothold stateside.