President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.
Category: Factories and Manufacturing
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Have Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Businesses Hope So
A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
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Boeing Tackles Quality With a ‘War on Defects’
Two years after a panel flew off a 737 Max, Boeing is doing more inspections, completing work in its intended order and making other changes. Can the company keep it up?
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Who Chanel and Louis Vuitton Have Called When Making Woven Leather Bags
As Craig Wright has built his brand, Dragon Diffusion, he has quietly built a reputation as a leather whisperer for Hermès, Chanel and others. Now he’s ready to talk about it.
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How One German Toymaker Made Money Despite U.S. Tariffs
A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.
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U.S. Manufacturers to Benefit as G.E. Appliances Shifts Production
The company, now owned by a Chinese conglomerate, is investing $150 million in 18 American suppliers across 10 states.
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Botulism Bacteria Found in Infant Formula, ByHeart Confirms
ByHeart, the maker of the product, has been linked to an outbreak of illnesses among infants that led to their hospitalizations.
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Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities
European chipmakers need TSMC’s help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant’s Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.
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Pasta at Twice the Price? Some Italian Producers Face Huge U.S. Tariffs.
More than a dozen Italian pasta makers, accused of dumping their product in the United States, face tariffs of over 100 percent.
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Why Factories Will Keep Looking for Alternatives to China
A trade truce between the United States and China has calmed nerves, but it won’t stop the broader movement of companies to countries like Vietnam.
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The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones
Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.
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A MAGA Senator Promised Hope for a Dying Ohio Mill. Then Reality Set In.
The town’s unionized workers wanted to believe that there was something better than what private equity owners had offered.