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The White House's preferred economic tools are hitting snags

NPR | By Emily Feng
Published August 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM EDT

Tariffs and export controls have been the Trump administration's main economic security tools. Neither is working very well right now.

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Emily Feng

Emily Feng is a White House correspondent at NPR. Previously, she was a foreign correspondent for NPR covering China, Taiwan and beyond. 

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