President Joe Biden called for tripling the tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum‚ a policy proposal timed for his meeting with union workers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. While speaking before the United Steelworkers union‚ Biden will call upon U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to triple the tariffs from their average level of 7.5%. A White House fact sheet said the administration “recognizes growing concerns that unfair Chinese trade practices‚ including flooding the market with...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for sharply higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese metal products as part of a package of policies aimed at pleasing steelworkers in the swing state of Pennsylvania‚ at the risk of angering Beijing. As he campaigned for reelection in the &;quot;Steel City&;quot; of Pittsburgh‚ Biden aides said the U.S. president was proposing raising to 25% the tariffs imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump on certain Chinese steel and aluminum products. &;quot;China's steel companies don't...

President Joe Biden called on his administration to ratchet up pressure on the Chinese steel industry as he brings his economic competition pitch to Pittsburgh‚ the heart of the American steel industry‚ on Wednesday‚ part of a three-day campaign trail swing through battleground Pennsylvania. “The bottom line is I want fair competition with China‚ not conflict‚” Biden said in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. “And we’re in a stronger position to win the economic competition in the 21st...

Both articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were deemed unconstitutional by the Senate on Wednesday in two party-line votes.  The first of two articles of impeachment alleged Mayorkas engaged in the &;quot;willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law&;quot; regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ D-N.Y.‚ proposed a point of...