The trade war is back on. Here’s everything you need to know.

The trade war is back on. Here’s everything you need to know.

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The threat of a trade war has been looming over this country since President Donald Trump announced steel and aluminum tariffs almost three months ago. But one set of tariffs, and a bunch of exclusions and carve-outs to it, does not a trade war make. But now those exceptions are expiring, countries are retaliating and things are getting real. Today, we’ll break down what’s happening, talk to businesspeople trying to figure out their place in all this and answer your questions about all things trade. Plus, we’re capping off our series on the view of American manufacturing from a Georgia factory town.