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Trade Agreements

President Biden has asked the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into oil companies to find out if they are illegally inflating gas prices or not.November 17

Last Gasp of the Angry White ManNovember 2

Trump doesn’t understand how the economy works at all. September 4

Trump reverses course in his trade war with China again. August 26

An upcoming major recession reveals the reality of the US economy. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/us/politics/trump-economy-recession.html "President Trump, confronting perhaps the most ominous economic signs of his time in office, has unleashed what is by now a familiar response: lashing out at what he believes is a conspiracy of forces arrayed against him. He has insisted that his own handpicked Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell, is intentionally acting against him. He has said other countries, including allies, are working to hurt American economic interests. And he has accused the news media of trying to create a recession. “The Fake News Media is doing everything they can to crash the economy because they think that will be bad for me and my re-election,” Mr. Trump tweeted last week. “The problem they have is that the economy is way too strong and we will soon be winning big on Trade, and everyone knows that, including China!”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksAugust 19

Trump wants to tariff immigration? Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jayar Jackson, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. MORE TYT: [https://tyt.com/trial](https://tyt.com/trial) May 31

Trump had to give a multi-billion dollar bailout to the farmers hurt by his trade war with China. May 23

China has retaliated against Trump's tariffs and his supporters are among those most affected. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-trade-war-demands-only-one-legit-2019-5 "The word from China's state media is that the country is making three demands of the US in order to end the trade war. China demands the US remove all tariffs on Chinese goods. China demands that the amount of goods it must purchase from the US be realistic. China demands that its "sovereignty and dignity" be preserved. Multiple outlets carried this message, including The People's Daily, Xinhua, and The Global Times. Both the first point, the removal of all tariffs, and the third point, the preservation of Chinese sovereignty, are inextricably tied as part of the country's negotiations with the Trump administration. US negotiators are demanding that China pass laws that would give foreign companies legal recourse in China if they had their intellectual property stolen, or if they were forced to transfer technology, for example. To China, passing such laws at the behest of a foreign power is a violation of its sovereignty. To the Trump administration, it's part of the trade deal's enforcement, and it won't remove the tariffs until it sees those mechanisms in place. #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 13

Trump embarrassed himself and the country in front of a Chinese trade official. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2019/feb/25/donald-trump-clashes-with-his-own-trade-chief-in-front-of-chinese-delegation-video "US president Donald Trump has argued with his US trade chief during a televised trade meeting. When asked a question about trade talks with China, which have been taking place over the weekend, Donald Trump said he is against using memoranda of understanding [MOUs]. ‘I don't like MOUs because they don't mean anything. To me they don't mean anything,’ Trump said. Robert Lighthizer jumped in to explain that an ‘MOU is a contract … a binding agreement between two people’. To which a gruff Trump replied, ‘I disagree.' Lighthizer got the message, adding ’from now on we're not using the word Memorandum of Understanding anymore. We're going to use the term trade agreement, all right?’" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TYTNetworkFebruary 26

Ivanka Trump magically exempt from Trump China tariffsJuly 9

Trump's China tariffs mean billions of dollars are going to Russia May 17

China has guaranteed loans to build a Trump resort; Trump working to save ZTEMay 15