By keeping inventory in bonded warehouses or foreign trade zones, importers were able to hedge the tariff rate they ultimately paid.
Category: Customs (Tariff)
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How Tariffs Raise Costs for Farmers, Making Food More Expensive
The latest round of tariffs is likely to make agricultural production even more expensive and, potentially, limit access to goods not produced in the United States.
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Trump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade
President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan.
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The Stock Market Is Good, Bad and Ugly, Often in Quick Succession
The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, our columnist says, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading.
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Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks on Powell
The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from members of the powerful Board of Governors since 1993.
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Stocks Drop as Trump’s New Tariffs Weigh on Markets
President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs, major corporate earnings reports and an imminent reading on the U.S. labor market weighed on markets.
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Exxon Chief Says Demand for Oil Remains ‘Very, Very Strong.’
The largest U.S. energy companies reported their lowest second-quarter profits in years, as tariffs have weighed on oil prices.
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With New 40% Tariff, Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Dependence on China’s Factories
President Trump’s executive order carved out a special tariff on goods shipped indirectly to the United States by way of other countries.
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Switzerland Is Stunned by 39% U.S. Tariff, Among the Highest in the World
Swiss officials plan to negotiate furiously for a lower rate in the coming days, before the punishing levy takes effect.
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U.S. Tariffs Land on Taiwan Amid Tension With Washington
The Trump administration is weighing yet more tariffs on chips, Taiwan’s main exports.
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Harm or Help? Why Companies Are Battling Tariffs Meant to Benefit Them.
Economists say the way the Trump administration is imposing tariffs is backfiring for some of the businesses they are meant to help.
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Harm or Help? Why Companies Are Battling Tariffs Meant to Benefit Them.
Economists say the way the Trump administration is imposing tariffs is backfiring for some of the businesses they are meant to help.