Trump’s trade demands go beyond tariffs to target perceived unfair practices
By DAVID McHUGH, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Business Writers
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Trump administration says the sweeping tariffs it unveiled April 2, then postponed for 90 days, have a simple goal: Force other countries to drop their trade barriers to U.S. goods.
Yet President Donald Trump’s definition of trade barriers includes a slew of issues well beyond the tariffs other countries impose on the U.S., including some areas not normally associat