# Midterms may loosen stock-market constraint on Trump’s tariff agenda

https://mins.news/en/item/142217

- CNN, 2026-11-13 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/13/economy/trumps-tariffs-new-threat?Date=20261113&Profile=CNN

> In the two years since President Donald Trump imposed sweeping, aggressive tariffs on US trading partners, the prospect of a stock-market backlash has been the strongest check on his agenda. The midterms may have changed that.

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