Trump Team Eyes Gradual Tariffs to Contain Fallout: Supply Lines

With less than a week before moving into the White House, the incoming Trump administration’s economic team is discussing various ways to roll out higher tariffs with maximum impact and minimal damage.

That’s apparent in our latest reporting from Washington, where the circle of President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers are studying a stepped approach to the tariff unveiling.

One idea is a month-by-month increase of 2% to 5%, Bloomberg News reported late Monday, rather than a one-time imposition of a number that’s several multiples higher than those figures. (Click here to read the full story from Bloomberg’s Jenny Leonard and ...