Tariffs unaffected by President Trump’s Supreme Court loss are adding costs for many U.S. manufacturers that use steel, limiting exports and jeopardizing jobs.
Category: Factories and Manufacturing
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Adding Steel Mill Jobs, and Crushing American Factories
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The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored
The New York Times – Business:If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
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U.S. Imports Grew in 2025, as Trump’s Tariffs Reshuffled Global Trade
The New York Times – Business:Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
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Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107
The New York Times – Business:She escaped the Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911, in which 146 of her co-workers perished, and dedicated the rest of her life to worker safety.
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The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War
The New York Times – Business:Jamieson Greer, a low-key lawyer from a working-class background, is rewriting the rules of the global economy at the president’s behest.
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Amtrak’s Largest Train Revamp in 55 Years Is Coming Soon
The New York Times – Business:Step inside the sprawling factory in California where the largest fleet replacement in Amtrak’s 55-year history is coming together piece by piece.
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Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs
The New York Times – Business:Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market
The New York Times – Business:The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
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Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
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Trump’s Trade Policies Sort Manufacturers Into Winners and Losers
Tariffs have protected some companies, but more often they’ve hit the parts and materials many factories need to make finished goods.
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At World’s Busiest Port, China’s Unbalanced Economy Comes Into View
The shipping traffic and factories never stop in China’s port city of Ningbo, but the local housing market has crashed and nearby restaurants sit empty.
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U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.