US EditionFact check: Trump’s false claims about tariffs and trade
- Donald Trump made several false or misleading claims about tariffs and trade during an April 2 speech.
- Trump campaigned on reciprocal tariffs, falsely claiming benefits, and directed trade officials to assess trading partners.
- He misrepresented the US trade deficit with Canada and dairy tariffs, omitting key facts about US exports.
- Trump claimed, “China never paid 10 cents to any other president from tariffs,” though the US had tariffs since 1789.
- Trump falsely stated the US had its highest inflation under Biden and brought gas prices down, despite AAA data showing otherwise.
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Canada in his global tariff speech
Standing in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon to unveil his new reciprocal tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that the U.S. subsidizes Canada by hundreds of billions of dollars every year and misrepresented Canada's tariffs on U.S. dairy products.
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PressNewsAgencyFact-Checking Trump’s Claim About Egg Prices
President Trump, as he announced sweeping tariffs, batted away “very tired predictions” from critics of his economic agenda by citing a large decline in the price of eggs. “The price of eggs dropped now 59 percent, and they’re going down more and the availability is fantastic,” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday. The wholesale price of eggs has indeed fallen by more than half since Mr. Trump’s inauguration, but that drastic decline is not yet reflected…
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