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Shawn Donnan

@sdonnan.bsky.social
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Senior Writer for Economics, Bloomberg News. Ex FT. Aussie. Red Sox nation. Opinions mine alone. Reposts not endorsements. sdonnan@bloomberg.net

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Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"An economic growth story built on immigration is being unwound in Houston." Been waiting for this Businessweek deep dive from @sdonnan.bsky.social and Catarina Saraiva on how the Trump immigration crackdown is punishing the Sun Belt, especially Houston. 🎁link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Slowing the Sun Belt’s Population Growth
In Houston, the shock waves are being felt in restaurants, schools and the housing market.
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Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In today's Businessweek Daily, @sdonnan.bsky.social looks at the Xi-Trump "bromance": "Even the biggest of power relationships is perishable, though. The realities of history, logistics and the calendar always intervene."
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Where the Trump-Xi Relationship Goes From Here
Time is running short for the American president, and that will bring a power shift.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I've spent a lot of time recently travelling to talk and think about tin cans... And tariffs and tin cans... Here's what I came up with for the upcoming economics issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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What the American Tin Can Reveals About Trump’s Volatile Tariff Policy
The industry’s struggle is a cautionary tale as the US president tries to rebuild his protectionist regime.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I've spent a lot of time recently travelling to talk and think about tin cans... And tariffs and tin cans... Here's what I came up with for the upcoming economics issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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What the American Tin Can Reveals About Trump’s Volatile Tariff Policy
The industry’s struggle is a cautionary tale as the US president tries to rebuild his protectionist regime.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I sat down with my boss Stephanie Flanders & David Gura for the Bloomberg News Big Take podcast to discuss the gloom and doom at this week's spring meetings of the IMF & World Bank and why everyone is worried about the economic fallout of the Iran war... www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
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Big Take: Notes From the IMF-World Bank Meetings - Bloomberg
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
War and the economic consequences have been top of mind the past 6 weeks. But we’re not thinking enough about the world’s capacity to respond to another crisis. The bad news is that the safety net is looking threadbare. Latest with @bloomberg.com colleagues: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Tariffs and elections have historically been a toxic mix for US presidents. Is this year going to see history repeat itself? Gift link to my latest for @bloomberg.com & @businessweek.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Loom Large Over the Midterms, Whatever Happens in Iran
US history shows that duties have a way of boomeranging back on their backers at election time.
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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
'How Trump's Tariff Got a Reality Check' Very nice, brief, and Easily accessible @bloomberg.com documentary, starring @sdonnan.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S35...
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How Trump's Tariffs Got a Reality Check
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Tariffs and elections have historically been a toxic mix for US presidents. Is this year going to see history repeat itself? Gift link to my latest for @bloomberg.com & @businessweek.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Loom Large Over the Midterms, Whatever Happens in Iran
US history shows that duties have a way of boomeranging back on their backers at election time.
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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is a really good post. If the 122 tariffs were really about a balance of payments crisis equities and bond markets would not be nearly as sanguine.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We should be talking more about the fact the president of the world’s largest economy just declared it’s facing a payments crisis. Once, that would have caused turmoil in financial markets. Now it’s just another reason for tariffs. My latest for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Pegs New Tariffs to a Payments Crisis That Experts Doubt Exists
With his move to impose new global tariffs, US President Donald Trump isn’t just trying to repair a trade policy dismantled by a Supreme Court rebuke. He’s also declaring the world’s largest economy i...
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 11/02/2026
Reports are that Trump is "privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact." Deep dive by @joshwingrovebbg.bsky.social into what we know about the upcoming USMCA review.
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Trump Privately Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact He Negotiated
President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegot...
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 09/02/2026
Hanging over it all are myriad questions over Trump’s intentions with China. The suspicion of many allies and experts being that he is more interested in striking a commercially driven trade deal than isolating an existential rival. by @sdonnan.bsky.social
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Trump Follows in Rebuild of Global Trading Order He’s Dismantling
Trump has only concluded five trade deals, with a dozen others remaining mere frameworks
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump’s immigration policies mean the US is flirting with a historic milestone: The first population decline in its history. My latest Weekend Essay for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline
America’s population wasn’t expected to start falling until 2081. Trump’s immigration crackdown means it could happen as soon as this year.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/01/2026
As Trump cracks down on immigration and the nation ponders its appetite for his methods, America’s population is starting to show the effects.
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The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline
America’s population wasn’t expected to start falling until 2081. Trump’s immigration crackdown means it could happen as soon as this year.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump’s immigration policies mean the US is flirting with a historic milestone: The first population decline in its history. My latest Weekend Essay for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline
America’s population wasn’t expected to start falling until 2081. Trump’s immigration crackdown means it could happen as soon as this year.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The US and China are flipping the script. As the US tries to bring factories home, China Inc is stepping into the vacuum, investing in new production outside China. My latest @bloomberg.com Big Take with help from colleagues around the world. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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US and China Flip the Global Script as Capital Flows Reverse
As the US draws back, China is again dispersing capital globally, leading the rest of the world to confront a fundamental change in their economic relationships with both superpowers.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The US and China are flipping the script. As the US tries to bring factories home, China Inc is stepping into the vacuum, investing in new production outside China. My latest @bloomberg.com Big Take with help from colleagues around the world. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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US and China Flip the Global Script as Capital Flows Reverse
As the US draws back, China is again dispersing capital globally, leading the rest of the world to confront a fundamental change in their economic relationships with both superpowers.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Trump keeps hailing an investment boom that he says is set to top $21 trillion in pledges from companies & countries. But as we write in today's @bloomberg.com Big Take the reality is a third of that. And even that $7 trillion faces major questions. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump’s $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions
Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion and many of those are in question.
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@sdonnan.bsky.social on Trump's $21 trn foreign investment claim (& what we had to give up in order to get what we did get which was a lot < $21 trn) #EconSky www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Is Trump Right About the US Getting $21 Trillion in Investment?
The White House lists nearly $9.6 trillion in new investment pledges, less than what’s boasted by Trump.
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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@sdonnan.bsky.social joins @the11thHour to break down Trump's investment claims. "If [the administration] was honest about what the investment is, you and I would be doing a segment celebrating investment in America, instead of fact checking it." - @stephruhle.bsky.social.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Gift Link ! Trump’s $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion & many of those are in question. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... via @bloomberg.com @sdonnan.bsky.social Chris Kennedy Adrienne Tong
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Trump’s $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions
Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion and many of those are in question.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Trump keeps hailing an investment boom that he says is set to top $21 trillion in pledges from companies & countries. But as we write in today's @bloomberg.com Big Take the reality is a third of that. And even that $7 trillion faces major questions. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump’s $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions
Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion and many of those are in question.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What happens when Trump’s trade wars hit a family-owned North Carolina sawmill. I took a roadtrip recently for @davidgura.bsky.social’s @bloomberg.com Big Take podcast. www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
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Big Take: How Trump Tariffs Ended a Small-Town Sawmill - Bloomberg
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
📣Bloomberg Economics is hiring a climate specialist: bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
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Bloomberg Economics - Geoeconomics - Climate Economist/Econometrician
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
After President Trump launched his trade war, a family-run lumber company that has been around for almost a century decided to close one of its mills. "Liberation Day" "damn near liberated me from our business," Wilson Jones told Shawn Donnan. "I'm bitter about that."
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They Voted for Trump. His Tariffs Took Down Their Family-Owned Sawmill
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What happens when Trump’s trade wars hit a family-owned North Carolina sawmill. I took a roadtrip recently for @davidgura.bsky.social’s @bloomberg.com Big Take podcast. www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
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Big Take: How Trump Tariffs Ended a Small-Town Sawmill - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/11/2025
China has intensified its competition with the US for influence in the Indo-Pacific, and Beijing’s recent gains in the regional contest are “undeniable,” says former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
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China Gains in Asia Great Game Are ‘Undeniable,’ Biden Official Says
China has intensified its competition with the US for influence in the Indo-Pacific, and Beijing’s recent gains in the regional contest are “undeniable,” former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Welcome to the choose-your-own-adventure economy. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter on what this past weekend told us about the plot lines in this global economy. And why they all look fraught… www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump's Reordered Trading System
The US president is signing trade agreements and "framework" deals on a tour of Asia this week
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Welcome to the choose-your-own-adventure economy. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter on what this past weekend told us about the plot lines in this global economy. And why they all look fraught… www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump's Reordered Trading System
The US president is signing trade agreements and "framework" deals on a tour of Asia this week
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The AI boom is propping up the US economy. It's also gobbling up all the people, power & capital. One consequence: It's impeding the manufacturing renaissance Trump wants. For @bloomberg.com with the great Brooke Sutherland, Mark Niquette & Alex Tanzi. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"Trump’s views on China have a remarkably consistent thread running through them: He’s often the contrarian in the room pushing back against advisers urging him to crack down on an existential rival." My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What We Still Get Wrong About Trump’s Approach to China
The US president’s “tough on China” reputation belies his interest in striking a deal with the nation, not decoupling from it.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"Trump’s views on China have a remarkably consistent thread running through them: He’s often the contrarian in the room pushing back against advisers urging him to crack down on an existential rival." My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What We Still Get Wrong About Trump’s Approach to China
The US president’s “tough on China” reputation belies his interest in striking a deal with the nation, not decoupling from it.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The AI boom is propping up the US economy. It's also gobbling up all the people, power & capital. One consequence: It's impeding the manufacturing renaissance Trump wants. For @bloomberg.com with the great Brooke Sutherland, Mark Niquette & Alex Tanzi. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The AI investment boom gets a lot of attention. For good reason - it’s propping up US growth. One thing not mentioned enough: Even as US tariffs have risen the AI boom has been largely duty-free. My latest @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump’s Duty-Free AI Boom Zips Past the Sluggish Global Economy
One persistent theme at last week’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings was the resilience of the global economy to the Trump tariff shock. For which there are myriad explanatio...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The AI investment boom gets a lot of attention. For good reason - it’s propping up US growth. One thing not mentioned enough: Even as US tariffs have risen the AI boom has been largely duty-free. My latest @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump’s Duty-Free AI Boom Zips Past the Sluggish Global Economy
One persistent theme at last week’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings was the resilience of the global economy to the Trump tariff shock. For which there are myriad explanatio...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We have the first multi-billion bankruptcy of the Trump tariff era. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump Tariffs’ Role in First Brands Saga Point to Slowly Emerging Economic Damage
The emerging view set to be confirmed at this week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is that the global economy has so far avoided the worst of the tariff pain many a...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We have the first multi-billion bankruptcy of the Trump tariff era. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump Tariffs’ Role in First Brands Saga Point to Slowly Emerging Economic Damage
The emerging view set to be confirmed at this week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is that the global economy has so far avoided the worst of the tariff pain many a...
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Gift Link Weekend Essay Trumponomics Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story Pittsburgh shows how universities & hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push & cuts to higher education could undermine it. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com @sdonnan.bsky.social
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Trumponomics Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story
Pittsburgh shows how universities and hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push and cuts to higher education could undermine it.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Trump’s tariffs - and companies’ push for relief from them - has set off a lobbying boom with more than $900 million spent in the first half of this year. The big winners: A small group of lobbying firms with close ties to the Trump administration. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
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Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Trump's 50% tariff on Brazil was a crisis for Taurus, which sells most of its low-cost guns in the US. So Taurus called Brian Ballard. Trump's trade wars are fueling a historic boom on K Street -- especially for lobbyists closest to the president's inner circle. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Trump’s tariffs - and companies’ push for relief from them - has set off a lobbying boom with more than $900 million spent in the first half of this year. The big winners: A small group of lobbying firms with close ties to the Trump administration. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A Gunmaker’s Lobbying Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Changed the Game
Firms close to the administration have seen a surge in revenue as they advise businesses on how to avoid the import duties and play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ in Trump's Washington
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Bloomberg Editorial Board: Simply placing these tariffs on sounder legal footing won’t undo the damage that’s already been done. Far better for the White House to let them expire, blame the courts, and then reap the benefits of unfettered trade and improved growth. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Liberation Day Tariffs Are an Increasingly Costly Mistake
The Supreme Court may soon strike down the president’s signature trade plan. It’s for the best.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Reupping this with a bonus pitch: You can also hear what my dog Toby makes of it all!
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Reupping this with a bonus pitch: You can also hear what my dog Toby makes of it all!
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Catch @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals involving foreign investment in U.S. businesses and the Federal Reserve. www.wnyc.org/story/tuesda...
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Tuesday Morning Economic News | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Reporters Lydia DePillis and Shawn Donnan talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals and the Federal Reserve.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Today: - @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @sdonnan.bsky.social on recent economic news, - @lizkrueger.bsky.social‬ & @nrdc.org's Rich Schrader on NYS pipeline project, - Trump's DOE strips guidelines on English Language Learners, - What's Gen Z nostalgic about? Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We need to talk about deal derangement syndrome. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply lines newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump’s Unfinished Deals Worry Trade Partners Promised Tariff Cuts
Many people are, of course, hoping an agreement may be nigh to end the war in Ukraine after the US president rolled out the red carpet for Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday. But remember all tho...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Maybe we should call it the fake it ‘til you make it - or break it —order. Or how the “Turnberry System” is already causing damage. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The Downside of Trump’s Rushed, Incomplete Trade Deals
With his tariffs in place, a collection of tentative deals to hail and US equities testing new records, it’s little wonder that President Donald Trump is feeling buoyant about his efforts to remake th...
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Maybe we should call it the fake it ‘til you make it - or break it —order. Or how the “Turnberry System” is already causing damage. My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
bloomberg.com
The Downside of Trump’s Rushed, Incomplete Trade Deals
With his tariffs in place, a collection of tentative deals to hail and US equities testing new records, it’s little wonder that President Donald Trump is feeling buoyant about his efforts to remake th...
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