Tariff exclusion process in Trump 2.0 a big departure from first term

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In President Donald Trump’s second term, tariff relief no longer runs through a bureaucratic process; rather, it runs straight through the Oval Office.

Trump, long a proponent of tariffs, has implemented far more aggressive tariffs this year than during his first term. Also notable is that the administration has essentially done away with the process used tens of thousands of times to get exclusions from the tariffs.

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