Trump is bringing in import tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.
"Labor unions and liberal Democrats are applauding Trump's approach. "Republicans and an array of business groups are warning of dire economic and political consequences if Trump goes ahead with the tariffs."
Chinese exports to the US amount to a mere 0.2 per cent of Chinese production.
The top source of American steel imports is Canada, followed by the EU.
Import tariffs on steel means that, in the USA, the cost of new appliances, cars and buildings will rise.
The introduction of steel tariffs could erode Trump's base of support with rural America and blue-collar workers.
'There is always retaliation, and typically a lot of these countries single out agriculture when they do that. So, we're very concerned,' said Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, has asked the administration to reconsider its stance.
He said American companies, that use steel, could move their operations abroad and not face retaliatory tariffs.
'This scenario would lead to the exact opposite outcome of the administration's stated objective, which is to protect American jobs,' Walker said.
Tim Phillips noted that Trump narrowly won in Iowa and Wisconsin, two heavily rural states that could suffer if countries impose retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural goods.
'It hurts the administration politically because trade wars, protectionism, they lead to higher prices for individual Americans,' Phillips said. 'It's basically a tax increase.'
There was then a 30% plunge in the S&P 500 stock market index, and a slump in the dollar.
Bush was forced to withdraw the tariffs.
"The two scariest words in economics are not (yet) Donald Trump.
"They are Smoot-Hawley.
"I'm referring to the imposition by President Herbert Hoover of destructive tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods in 1930, an act of madness that helped turn what should have been a short US recession into a worldwide, epoch-defining depression.
"Trade fell by more than half as other countries retaliated with their own tariffs on American goods. Millions of jobs were annihilated.
"The tariffs, named after Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C Hawley, were the single greatest economic blunder of all time and accelerated the march towards the Second World War."
Galloway House, the family seat of the Earls of Galloway from the 1740s until 1908
"The House of Stewart not only provided all of Scotland's monarchs from 1371 to 1603, and of the United Crowns of Scotland and England from 1603 to 1714, but held through time, 13 Dukedoms and 17 Earldoms in Great Britain.
"Stewarts also provided two British Prime Ministers, and the House of Stewart held Dukedoms in Italy, France and Spain.
"Although the Royal Stewart tartan is worn by HRH Queen Elizabeth II, the Chief of the Stewarts is Sir Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway."
The Cairnholy tombs are situated on a hillside overlooking Wigtown Bay in Dumfries and Galloway.
There is evidence of ancient settlements at Luce Bay, in Dumfries and Galloway.
Some flint tools found in Scotland may date back to 12,000 BC
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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, near Dumfries.
There is a big gap between the rich and poor in Dumfries.
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Calvin Harris, the Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer, is from Dumfries and Galloway.
.. Gatehouse.
In 1795 gatehouse had four cotton mills, a brass foundry, brewery, brickworks, soap factory, tanneries - and double its present day population.
Gatehouse, like most of the towns in this area, has been neglected.
.. Cally Palace Hotel, Gatehouse.
Sarah, Duchess of York, is one of the people who have stayed at the Cally Palace Hotel, in Gatehouse.
.. Drumlanrig Castle.
In the kitchens of his house in Edinburgh, the Earl of Drumlanrig is said to have roasted a servant boy on a spit.
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright is the best looking town in Dumfries and Galloway.
But, now, it has no town council and no railway.
Kirkcudbright
"A 4,700-acre (19 km2) area to the southeast of Kirkcudbright and extending to the coast of the Solway Firth, was acquired by the Army in 1942, as a training area for the D Day invasion.[12][13]
"The area remains in active use for live-firing exercises to this day. Part of the training area is the Dundrennan Range, a weapons development and testing range.
"The use of this range for the testing of depleted uranium shells has been controversial."[14][15]
"Kirkcudbright Tolbooth was built between 1625 and 1629 and served not only as the tolbooth, but also the council offices, the burg and sheriff courts, the criminal prison and the debtors' prison.
"One of the most famous prisoners was John Paul Jones, hero of the American navy, who was born in nearby Kirkbean." [8][9]
More photos here: CASTLE DOUGLAS; DOUGLAS DAY; STEWARTRY SHOW Dumfries
Dumfries does not have its own town council. .. Castle Douglas.
Castle Douglas no longer has a railway or a town council.
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