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Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China — which together represent a huge swath of U.S. imports — spurred a weekend scramble in D.C.

Washington scrambles to meet Trump’s trade war

Anyone left wondering if President Donald Trump would really go big on tariffs got their answer this weekend: a resounding yes.

Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China — which together represent a huge swath of U.S. imports — spurred a weekend scramble in D.C. Now congressional Republicans and business groups are left to figure out the best way forward in trade wars some had hoped could be avoided.

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