The Japan Times
President Donald Trump’s administration pressed forward with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports by initiating trade probes led by the Commerce Department. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/economy/trump-chips-drug-probes-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #pharmaceuticals #trade #us #republicans #donaldtrump #tariffs #tradewar #chipmakers
Trump initiates chips and drug probes, ahead of more tariffs

The moves, announced Monday in the Federal Register, are a precursor to imposing tariffs and threaten to broaden the president’s sweeping U.S. trade war.

The Japan Times
Apr 15 at 1:48amBuffer
Show threadAustrian2d ago
@thejapantimes Trump is wrong. Tariffs are harmful.