Trump Faces Last-Ditch Push by Aides to Thwart Tariffs
- Cohn is said to set up White House summit with U.S. executives
- Gathering scheduled as GOP leader Ryan sounds alarm on levies
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President Donald Trump is facing a last-ditch effort from within his own administration and Republican lawmakers to head off steep tariffs on steel and aluminum that threaten to unleash a global trade war.
White House economic adviser Gary Cohn is summoning executives from U.S. companies that depend on the metals to meet this week with Trump to try to persuade him to blunt or halt the tariffs announced last week, according to two people familiar with the matter.