The president has suggested that he will move forward with a national security investigation this week that is likely to result in tariffs on chips.
Category: Factories and Manufacturing
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Trump’s Tariffs Leave No Safe Harbor for American Importers
For companies that have shifted factory production from China to other countries, the latest tariffs have undermined their strategy while sowing paralysis.
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The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.
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For U.S. Apparel Manufacturers, Chaotic Tariff Policy Isn’t Much Help
Even companies that make clothing in America aren’t feeling great about stiff duties on their overseas competition.
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Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs
Small factories with tiny profit margins have played a central role in China’s international competitiveness. Many could now face disaster.
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Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses
But exactly what the country will do remains unclear and the scale of the current disruption makes decision-making difficult.
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Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs
The heavy U.S. tariffs on other Asian countries have made China a more appealing option for companies scared to make a hasty decision amid upheaval in global trade.
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Lesotho Has Few Options to Counter 50% U.S. Tariffs
In Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into U.S.-branded jeans, both the private sector and the government were weighing their next moves.
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For small Lesotho, there are few options for responding to large tariffs.
In Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into U.S.-branded jeans, both the private sector and the government were weighing their next moves.
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Pummel Asia. But One Country Sees Opportunity.
Factory-led economies are panicking about the steep new tariffs. Not the Philippines, which believes its role as a manufacturing alternative to China can expand.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories
A few carmakers have closed factories, laid off workers or shifted production in response to the auto tariffs that took effect last week.
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American Whiskey Distillers Brace for Trump’s 2nd Trade War
The already battered spirits industry will see its supply squeezed if tariffs raise import costs and other countries’ retaliation closes off export markets.