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The administration opened new trade investigations on March 12 to set up fresh tariffs after earlier levies were struck down, a move that looked less like strategy than a legal workaround in a hurry. It may buy Trump some leverage in negotiations, but it also underscores how much of his trade agenda now depends on finding a new procedural doorway after the old one got slammed shut.
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The administration opened new trade investigations on March 12 to set up fresh tariffs after earlier levies were struck down, a move that looked less like strategy than a legal workaround in a hurry. It may buy Trump some leverage in negotiations, but it also underscores how much of his trade agenda now depends on finding a new procedural doorway after the old one got slammed shut.
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The administration opened new trade investigations on March 12 to set up fresh tariffs after earlier levies were struck down, a move that looked less like strategy than a legal workaround in a hurry. It may buy Trump some leverage in negotiations, but it also underscores how much of his trade agenda now depends on finding a new procedural doorway after the old one got slammed shut.
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