关税生效在即 消息指特朗普敦促幕僚采取更激进立场
知情者披露，美国总统特朗普敦促他的高级顾问在关税问题上采取更激进的立场，因为进口关税代表着美国经济的世代机遇。
特朗普宣布的对等关税过几天就会生效。《华盛顿邮报》星期六（3月29日）引述四名知情人士的话说，特朗普政府正为全球贸易战的重大升级做准备。
报道称，尽管华尔街和特朗普在国会的盟友呼吁他采取更慎重的态度，但特朗普一直在推动旨在重塑美国经济的全面贸易行动。
特朗普一上任就签署一连串的行政令，对等关税措施将在4月2日落实。之后，他又宣布对进口汽车征收25%关税，汽车关税同样在4月2日生效。
#特朗普 #关税 #美国经济
BY 联合早报 即时报道
The lead from Wall Street offers little clarity as the major averages opened lower on Friday and then bounced back and forth across the unchanged line, finally finishing mixed and little changed.The Dow added 33.18 points or 0.10 percent to finish at 34,798.00, while the NASDAQ eased 4.54 points or 0.03 percent to close at 15,047.70 and the S&P 500 rose 6.50 points or 0.15 percent to end at 4,455.48. For the week, the Dow rose 0.6 percent, the NASDAQ added 0.1 percent and the S&P gained 0.5 percent.The lackluster performance on Wall Street came on uncertainty about the outlook for the markets following recent volatility.
Traders also expressed uncertainty about the situation with China Evergrande, as the indebted property company has not provided clarification about a key interest payment.In economic news, the Commerce Department reported an unexpected increase in U.S. new home sales in August.Crude oil prices climbed Friday and front-month WTI oil futures contracts saw gains for a fifth straight week amid tighter supplies. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures for November rose $0.68 or 0.9 percent at 73.98 a barrel. WTI Crude futures gained 2.8 percent for the week.
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