{
  "id": 75616,
  "title": "Trump is determined to pursue his trade war – and he may be difficult to stop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/trump-is-determined-to-pursue-his-trade-war-and-he-may-be-difficult",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T12:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/trump-tariffs-weapon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The president’s minions have trawled the statutes to restore roadblocks to trade. The invocation of Smoot-Hawley looks especially dangerous Donald Trump may have found the killer weapon to punish countries at will: by imposing tariffs on their exports to the United States. The president has been looking for a new tool since February, when the supreme court struck down tariffs he slapped on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}