Donald Trump's economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, struggled to justify the rationale for “punishing” new tariffs on imports from Brazil during an appearance on ABC’s This Week.Host Jonathan Karl ...

Kevin Hassett appeared to deflect questions on how the new tariff will benefit America despite the U.S. having a trade surplus with the South American country.

In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed on the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...

Trump’s pledge to place a 50 percent tariff on all imports from the South American nation will drive up the prices of coffee ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...

Brazil’s oil exports to the US face potential disruption from threatened tariffs, prompting the country and its ...

EU’s von der Leyen says bloc will safeguard its interests, ‘including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures’.

On the monetary front, Trump’s public feud with Powell continues to escalate, with the president blaming the Fed for slowing ...

Kevin Hassett, a top economic advisor to President Trump, was out defending the administration's threat of a 50% tariff on ...

Doubling down on his trade wars, President Trump is threatening to raise taxes on many goods from Canada and punish Brazil ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep working toward a new trade framework with the United States despite ...

US President Donald Trump has announced that all imports from Canada will have a 35% tariff as of August 1. He sent a letter ...