President Trump is seeking to raise federal revenue by imposing levies on goods from foreign nations. Here’s how the process works.
Category: Customs (Tariff)
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Where Is the Economy Going? A ‘Monster Week’ of News Could Help Decide.
This week will bring a flood of economic data, as well as major policy decisions on trade and interest rates.
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Making Sense of the E.U. Trade Deal
Questions, critiques and discrepancies are hanging over the framework agreement, but investors seem to view it as a win all the same.
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Europe, Worried by Other Global Crises, Agrees to Trump’s Trade Deal
The framework agreement will likely not do much for economic growth on either side. But it avoids new fissures on other foreign policy issues, particularly the war in Ukraine.
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U.S. and China Meet as Trade Truce Nears Expiration
Top American and Chinese officials are meeting for two days of talks in Stockholm as the Trump administration tries to complete trade deals.
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U.S. and China Meet as Trade Truce Nears Expiration
Top American and Chinese officials are meeting for two days of talks in Stockholm as the Trump administration tries to complete trade deals.
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The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
Subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else.
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Behind a Maine Coffee Company’s Decision to Raise Prices
Like many companies, Rock City Coffee resisted increasing prices as President Trump’s trade war drove its costs up. Then it ran out of options.
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Volkswagen Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs
The German automaker said that the U.S. import duties erased about $1.5 billion from its profit in the first half of the year.
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The World Has Too Much Steel, but No One Wants to Stop Making It
A global plunge in prices, led by increased production from China, and U.S. tariffs threaten steel manufacturing, which has long been a symbol of national might.
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Why Is the Fed Renovation So Expensive? Staff Cite Tariffs and Inflation.
A sprawling $2.5 billion project to renovate the central bank’s headquarters in Washington has become the focal point of attacks from the Trump administration.
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Europe Nears U.S. Trade Deal, but Stands Ready to Retaliate
Nearly every member of the European Union supports a plan to hit back against President Trump’s tariffs if no agreement is reached.