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SUMMARY: Chief economic adviser Gary Cohn is stepping down -- another major White House resignation, this time over trade policy. As President Trump pushes ahead with his plan for tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, Republicans are increasingly sounding their concerns about starting trade wars, and urging the president to take a more ”targeted” approach. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff for more.
"Why this U.S. beer keg company is worried about Trump’s tariffs" PBS NewsHour 3/7/2018
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SUMMARY: President Trump's promised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have drawn mixed reaction from Washington, as well as American businesses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Paul Czachor, CEO of the American Keg Company, the only domestic manufacturer of steel beer kegs in the country, about his company’s concerns that kegs made from low-cost steel from abroad will gain an even greater advantage.
"Meet the Trump trade adviser whose tariff policy is about to be tested" PBS NewsHour 3/8/2018
aka "The Evil Within the White House"
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SUMMARY: Peter Navarro is one of the key White House figures who has made a case for imposing stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. What ideas and philosophy drive Navarro? Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits his profile of Trump's right-hand man on trade to consider what President Trump’s tariff announcement means for the global economy.
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