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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 5d
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Trumponomics Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story

Pittsburgh shows how universities & hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push & cuts to higher education could undermine it.
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Trumponomics Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story
Pittsburgh shows how universities and hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push and cuts to higher education could undermine it.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 7d
Trump’s tariffs - and companies’ push for relief from them - has set off a lobbying boom with more than $900 million spent in the first half of this year.

The big winners: A small group of lobbying firms with close ties to the Trump administration.

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A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
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Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 7d
Trump's 50% tariff on Brazil was a crisis for Taurus, which sells most of its low-cost guns in the US. So Taurus called Brian Ballard.

Trump's trade wars are fueling a historic boom on K Street -- especially for lobbyists closest to the president's inner circle.

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A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 7d
Trump’s tariffs - and companies’ push for relief from them - has set off a lobbying boom with more than $900 million spent in the first half of this year.

The big winners: A small group of lobbying firms with close ties to the Trump administration.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
www.bloomberg.com
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 21d
Bloomberg Editorial Board:

Simply placing these tariffs on sounder legal footing won’t undo the damage that’s already been done. Far better for the White House to let them expire, blame the courts, and then reap the benefits of unfettered trade and improved growth.
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Liberation Day Tariffs Are an Increasingly Costly Mistake
The Supreme Court may soon strike down the president’s signature trade plan. It’s for the best.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 27
Reupping this with a bonus pitch: You can also hear what my dog Toby makes of it all!
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · Aug 26
Catch @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals involving foreign investment in U.S. businesses and the Federal Reserve.

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Tuesday Morning Economic News | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Reporters Lydia DePillis and Shawn Donnan talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals and the Federal Reserve.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 27
Reupping this with a bonus pitch: You can also hear what my dog Toby makes of it all!
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · Aug 26
Catch @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals involving foreign investment in U.S. businesses and the Federal Reserve.

www.wnyc.org/story/tuesda...
Tuesday Morning Economic News | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Reporters Lydia DePillis and Shawn Donnan talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals and the Federal Reserve.
www.wnyc.org
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · Aug 26
Catch @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals involving foreign investment in U.S. businesses and the Federal Reserve.

www.wnyc.org/story/tuesda...
Tuesday Morning Economic News | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Reporters Lydia DePillis and Shawn Donnan talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals and the Federal Reserve.
www.wnyc.org
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · Aug 26
Today:
- @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social on recent economic news,
- @lizkrueger.bsky.social‬ & @nrdc.org's Rich Schrader on NYS pipeline project,
- Trump's DOE strips guidelines on English Language Learners,
- What's Gen Z nostalgic about?

Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 18
We need to talk about deal derangement syndrome.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply lines newsletter:

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Trump’s Unfinished Deals Worry Trade Partners Promised Tariff Cuts
Many people are, of course, hoping an agreement may be nigh to end the war in Ukraine after the US president rolled out the red carpet for Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday. But remember all tho...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 11
Maybe we should call it the fake it ‘til you make it - or break it —order.

Or how the “Turnberry System” is already causing damage.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Downside of Trump’s Rushed, Incomplete Trade Deals
With his tariffs in place, a collection of tentative deals to hail and US equities testing new records, it’s little wonder that President Donald Trump is feeling buoyant about his efforts to remake th...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 11
Maybe we should call it the fake it ‘til you make it - or break it —order.

Or how the “Turnberry System” is already causing damage.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Downside of Trump’s Rushed, Incomplete Trade Deals
With his tariffs in place, a collection of tentative deals to hail and US equities testing new records, it’s little wonder that President Donald Trump is feeling buoyant about his efforts to remake th...
www.bloomberg.com
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Aug 4
The tariff wars are becoming the data wars.

Ie the war over who controls the data that tells you the impact tariffs are having on the US economy.

Belatedly posting my latest for today's @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

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Trump’s Trade War Targets Data as the New Enemy
To most people versed in economics, last week was not a good one for President Donald Trump’s tariff wars even as he vowed to push forward with another hike in his import taxes now set to take effect ...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 31
Ever since Trump on April 2 announced the biggest tariff increase in modern history he’s insisted there’s no exclusions available.

The thing is Trump has granted exclusions to imports worth more than $1 trillion, as we reveal in this
@bloomberg.com Big Take:

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How Trump Let $1 Trillion Worth of Imports Escape His Tariff Hammer
Exclusions reflect conflicting goals: to rip up the rules of global trade while cushioning US consumers. But the process isn’t transparent, and not everybody wins.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 2
andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet

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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 28
President Trump announced another preliminary tariff deal with the EU on Sunday. But as Trump’s tariffs get cemented in the evidence is mounting that they are hurting growth in the US and around the world.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Big Take with:

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth While Markets Shrug
With the president’s new trade deals, US protectionism is slowing investment and rewiring supply chains at the expense of the global economy
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · Aug 1
How Trump Let $1 Trillion Worth of Imports Escape His Tariff Hammer

Exclusions reflect conflicting goals: rip up global trade rules, cushion US consumers.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 31
Ever since Trump on April 2 announced the biggest tariff increase in modern history he’s insisted there’s no exclusions available.

The thing is Trump has granted exclusions to imports worth more than $1 trillion, as we reveal in this
@bloomberg.com Big Take:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How Trump Let $1 Trillion Worth of Imports Escape His Tariff Hammer
Exclusions reflect conflicting goals: to rip up the rules of global trade while cushioning US consumers. But the process isn’t transparent, and not everybody wins.
www.bloomberg.com
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 30
As we wrote this week in the @bloomberg.com Big Take the economic impact of Trump’s tariffs and the uncertainty they are causing is there to see if you know where to look.

The key metric in today’s US GDP release: “real final sales to private domestic purchasers”. Its growth slowed to just 1.2%.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 28
President Trump announced another preliminary tariff deal with the EU on Sunday. But as Trump’s tariffs get cemented in the evidence is mounting that they are hurting growth in the US and around the world.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Big Take with:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth While Markets Shrug
With the president’s new trade deals, US protectionism is slowing investment and rewiring supply chains at the expense of the global economy
www.bloomberg.com
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 28
President Trump announced another preliminary tariff deal with the EU on Sunday. But as Trump’s tariffs get cemented in the evidence is mounting that they are hurting growth in the US and around the world.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Big Take with:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth While Markets Shrug
With the president’s new trade deals, US protectionism is slowing investment and rewiring supply chains at the expense of the global economy
www.bloomberg.com
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · Jul 27
As the White House and the European Union announce a preliminary trade deal, @sdonnan.bsky.social and I discuss the impact of President Trump’s protectionist policies on the global economy:
Crunching the Numbers on President Trump’s Trade War
Big Take · Episode
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · Jul 9
Newsletter | Businessweek Daily

A Pizza Oven Tells the Tariff Story So Far

Costs are mounting for business owners, who will have to pass them along soon. Plus: The work of robot sculptors.
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A Pizza Oven Tells the Tariff Story So Far
Costs are mounting for business owners, who will have to pass them along soon. Plus: The work of robot sculptors.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 7
And now we have 25% tariffs due to take effect Aug 1 on Japan and South Korea. Which raises more questions… A negotiating gambit? Another sign that Trump just wants tariffs?
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 7
It's Monday morning in America and we again have lots of questions over what comes next with Trump's tariffs.

But for all the uncertainty over the past 90 days we've already learned three truths.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
US Trade Deals Prove Too Complex for Trump’s Fast Track
Once upon a Liberation Day, this was going to be the week by which President Donald Trump would have renegotiated America’s trading relationships with the world.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jul 7
It's Monday morning in America and we again have lots of questions over what comes next with Trump's tariffs.

But for all the uncertainty over the past 90 days we've already learned three truths.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
US Trade Deals Prove Too Complex for Trump’s Fast Track
Once upon a Liberation Day, this was going to be the week by which President Donald Trump would have renegotiated America’s trading relationships with the world.
www.bloomberg.com
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · Jun 26
Joined Stephanie Flanders & John Authers for the latest
@bloomberg.com #Trumponomics podcast to discuss what comes next for Trump’s tariffs.

Takeaway: Markets are strangely sanguine about Trump cementing in his tariffs & what will come July 9.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Can the World Count on ‘TACO’ Anymore?
In this episode of Trumponomics, we explore whether Donald Trump’s attack on Iran changes the calculus on his “reciprocal” tariffs and a looming deadline.
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