🗞️ Story file #884
Trump lifts tariffs on some Canadian products amid midterm elections
Oct 23, 7 PM ET to Oct 26, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 22outlets carried it
- 🫏8 · 8 · 5🐘left · center · right
- 2.7 dayson the front pages
- 20front pages at once, at its peak
- 35 minof TV captions
- 5radio newscasts
- 15people retold it online
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- Oct 23, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: PBS NewsHour
- Oct 23, 7 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 23, 8 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 24, 12 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages
- Oct 25, 4 AM ETretold online by 15 people
📰 Spread
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📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “replacing”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 sen susan
✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- CNBC (2 wordings): “U.S. dropping some Canada tariffs, Susan Collins says as trade war looms over Maine Senate race” → “Trump dropping some Canada tariffs but 'replacing' them with other products”
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “Trump Expected To Dismiss Some 50% Tariffs On Canada: Report” → “In Bid To Help Collins, Trump Moves To Dismiss Some 50% Tariffs On Canada”
- NBC News (2 wordings): “Trump administration cancels some Canada tariffs amid close midterm races” → “BREAKING: Trump administration cancels some Canada tariffs amid close midterm races”
- Reason (2 wordings): “Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs - But his Illegal Trade War Continues” → “Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs—But His Illegal Trade War Continues”
- Reuters (3 wordings): “Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian products to try to boost to Maine companies - Reuters” → “Trump ends tariffs on some Canadian products, as Senator Collins faces close race”
Every outlet's first headline (22), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Trump Expected To Dismiss Some 50% Tariffs On Canada: Report Oct 23, 5 PM ET
CBS News
Trump lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods in boon to Sen. Susan Collins Oct 23, 6 PM ET
CNBC
U.S. dropping some Canada tariffs, Susan Collins says as trade war looms over Maine Senate race Oct 23, 3 PM ET
Mediaite
Trump Will Lift Some Canadian Tariffs in Bid to Help Susan Collins, Sources Tell WSJ Oct 23, 3 PM ET
NBC News
Trump administration cancels some Canada tariffs amid close midterm races Oct 23, 4 PM ET
New York Times
Ahead of Tight Race, Trump Swaps Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods Oct 23, 6 PM ET
PBS NewsHour
Seeking to help Collins in Maine, Trump exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs Oct 23, 7 PM ET- Star Tribune Trump, seeking to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins, exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs Oct 23, 5 PM ET
BBC
White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom Oct 23, 7 PM ET
Bloomberg
Trump Changes Some Canada Tariffs in Bid to Aid Maine Senator Oct 23, 5 PM ET- Financial Times Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans Oct 23, 5 PM ET
Forbes
GOP Sen. Susan Collins Says Trump Will Nix Some Canadian Tariffs—As She Faces Tight Senate Contest Oct 26, 10 AM ET
MarketWatch
Some Republicans are opposing Trump on tariffs. Maine’s Susan Collins just got him to back down on Canadian levies. Oct 23, 5 PM ET
Newsweek
Susan Collins Touts Canada Tariff Exemptions in Tight Maine Senate Race Oct 23, 6 PM ET
Reason
Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs - But his Illegal Trade War Continues Oct 26, 9 AM ET
Reuters
Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian products to try to boost to Maine companies - Reuters Oct 23, 7 PM ET
Just the News
Trump to lower Canadian tariffs to boost Susan Collins in Maine, she says Oct 23, 4 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Removes Tariffs on Some Canadian Products, Adds Others Oct 23, 6 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump seeks to boost Susan Collins with Canadian tariff rollback Oct 24, 12 PM ET
IJR
US Exempts Some Canadian Goods From 50% Tariffs Oct 23, 4 PM ET
Newsmax
Report: Trump Eyes Canada Tariff Relief for Collins Oct 23, 8 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Susan Collins Says She Convinced the Trump Administration to Lift Some Tariffs on Canada Oct 23, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- TRUMP TO WALK BACK SOME TARIFFS TO HELP GOP CANDIDATES CNN, 15 min
- TRUMP LIFTS SOME CANADIAN TARIFFS TO HELP COLLINS, GOP RACES CNN, 11 min
- White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods BBC News, 2 min
- MAINE SEN. SUSAN COLLINS GETS BOOST FROM TRUMP ADMIN. ON TARIFFS CNN, 79 s
- TIGHT SENATE RACE. FOX POLL: COLLINS (R) & JACKSON (D) TIED IN MAINE Fox News, 79 s
- MAINE SEN. SUSAN COLLINS DISTANCED HERSELF FROM TRUMP AT RECENT DEBATE CNN, 75 s
- TRUMP TO WALK BACK SOME TARIFFS TO HELP GOP CANDIDATES. Keith Boykin | Author, "Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?" CNN, 59 s
- INSIDE MICHIGAN'S CRITICAL MIDTERM SENATE BATTLE Fox News, 51 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 25, 4:09 AM ET: story 3 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 25, 1:10 AM ET: story 4 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 11:09 PM ET: story 2 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 9:09 PM ET: story 6 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 7:09 PM ET: story 6 of 8
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- 🧩 Bribing voters
🧶 online
“Donald Trump is selectively removing tariffs to help specific Republican candidates in Maine and Michigan.” and 1 more
🧶 Retold online
- President Trump eased tariffs on certain Canadian goods to help Senator Susan Collins' reelection bid. Oct 25: told by 8 people; told before on Oct 24
- Donald Trump is selectively removing tariffs to help specific Republican candidates in Maine and Michigan. Oct 25: told by 7 people; told before on Oct 24
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🗣️ names in it: Canada Donald Trump Susan Collins Maine Republican Party
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