Danielle Kurtzleben

I talked to Gary Huffbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He told me that industries that use those metals, like aircraft and auto manufacturing, also bridge construction, those could lose jobs.

He's saying there that not only would prices be higher for steel and aluminum, but other countries are likely to hit back and tariff American exports, which will hurt these companies.

He's saying there that not only would prices be higher for steel and aluminum, but other countries are likely to hit back and tariff American exports, which will hurt these companies.

He's saying there that not only would prices be higher for steel and aluminum, but other countries are likely to hit back and tariff American exports, which will hurt these companies.

Well, it's unclear, but he's dribbled out a bit of information. He has said he'll be announcing what he calls reciprocal tariffs. The idea there seems to be that whatever tariff a foreign country has put on a U.S. good, he wants to impose it back in return. He also said yesterday that he'll be considering tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors.

Well, it's unclear, but he's dribbled out a bit of information. He has said he'll be announcing what he calls reciprocal tariffs. The idea there seems to be that whatever tariff a foreign country has put on a U.S. good, he wants to impose it back in return. He also said yesterday that he'll be considering tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors.

Well, it's unclear, but he's dribbled out a bit of information. He has said he'll be announcing what he calls reciprocal tariffs. The idea there seems to be that whatever tariff a foreign country has put on a U.S. good, he wants to impose it back in return. He also said yesterday that he'll be considering tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors.

But it was unclear whether those are separate from the reciprocal tariffs. And this is one constant feature of how Trump does tariff policy. There's often not an orderly rollout. We really just don't know what's coming until he says it. I'm PR's Danielle Kurtzleben.

But it was unclear whether those are separate from the reciprocal tariffs. And this is one constant feature of how Trump does tariff policy. There's often not an orderly rollout. We really just don't know what's coming until he says it. I'm PR's Danielle Kurtzleben.

But it was unclear whether those are separate from the reciprocal tariffs. And this is one constant feature of how Trump does tariff policy. There's often not an orderly rollout. We really just don't know what's coming until he says it. I'm PR's Danielle Kurtzleben.

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To me, the immediate effect from the standpoint of the media is creating a massive amount of confusion and sometimes decision paralysis, I think, in newsrooms about not just what to cover, but how much to cover it. Think about, for example, what Trump just said about the U.S. taking over Gaza.

To me, the immediate effect from the standpoint of the media is creating a massive amount of confusion and sometimes decision paralysis, I think, in newsrooms about not just what to cover, but how much to cover it. Think about, for example, what Trump just said about the U.S. taking over Gaza.

To me, the immediate effect from the standpoint of the media is creating a massive amount of confusion and sometimes decision paralysis, I think, in newsrooms about not just what to cover, but how much to cover it. Think about, for example, what Trump just said about the U.S. taking over Gaza.

Or think about something that's maybe a little less of a volatile thing, like the idea for the U.S. to buy Greenland. Are those things seriously going to happen? It's hard to see how, but if he says something that big, you have to cover it to some degree. The big question is how much to cover it. That is very, very difficult.