International Trade and World Market

Dollar Doubts Dominate Gathering of Global Economic Leaders

Participants at the I.M.F and World Bank meetings this week reckoned with the prospect that the U.S. safe haven could lose its luster.

By Colby Smith

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How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive

As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach.

By Lora Kelley

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China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi

President Trump said that “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.

By Ana Swanson and Jonathan Swan

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Uncertainty Over Trump’s Tariffs Paralyzes U.S. Businesses

The Times heard from hundreds of American companies, most of them small businesses, that face a reckoning because of President Trump’s steep import taxes.

By Daisuke Wakabayashi