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Trump finds tamping down costs to be tricky

President Trump is reaching deeper into individual markets to try to ease consumer price strains.Why it matters: The administration is under mounting pressure to deliver relief as affordability becomes a bigger political liability ahead of the midterms.The push is cutting against — and sometimes rolling back — pillars of Trump's economic agenda, including tariffs and favoring domestic producers.And the moves may offer limited relief, reflecting how difficult it is for presidents to broadly bring

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