Economics

Trump Finds a Trade Fight He Doesn't Like in Uranium Imports

  • Two domestic miners had petitioned for trade investigation
  • Nuclear industry warned import limits would raise costs
Rail trucks loaded with uranium ore

Photographer: Vladimir Weiss/Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump has found a trade fight he doesn’t like.

After disrupting global markets by imposing tariffs on steel, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods and even washing machines and solar panels, Trump has decided against putting a cap on uranium imports, at least for now.