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Trump Turns Back to His ‘Beautiful’ Tariffs After Court Rebuff

The president puts levies on some drug imports and reworks metals tariffs.
The Hong Kong Express container ship docks at the Port of Savannah in Georgia.Photographer: Megan Varner/Bloomberg

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If anyone still had doubts about Donald Trump’s devotion to tariffs – “the most beautiful word,” as he’s called them– the end of this chaotic week could lay them to rest.