Biden sticks with Trump tariffs despite inflation and economic headwinds

Published March 22, 2022 10:00am ET



While he sought to portray himself as the polar opposite of former President Donald Trump during the 2020 campaign, President Joe Biden has stuck with some Trump administration policies since taking office, including on the thorny issue of tariffs.

Biden notably lifted some steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union last fall, but those measures remain in effect beyond a certain level of imports. And Biden has maintained nearly all of Trump’s tariffs on China, even in the face of high inflation and supply chain shortages.

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