The trade fight with China is officially on, with Washington and Beijing exchanging blows that could raise prices on an array of goods. And President Trump has threatened to target the European Union next. But as Monday’s whirlwind of news, including last-minute reprieves for Canada and Mexico, showed, it’s hard …
There’s a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner. President Trump signed an executive order in January that delayed enforcement of a law that banned the popular video app. Under the order, the app must now be sold to a non-Chinese owner by early April. Since he …
Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products. Mr. Trump’s 10 percent tariff on all Chinese products went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the result of an executive order issued over the …
President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the United States. One provision of Mr. Trump’s executive order will increase costs for more than 80 percent of U.S. e-commerce imports. …
President Trump’s tariffs target countries that are major suppliers of a wide range of goods to the United States. For American families, the likely result is higher prices nearly everywhere they turn — in grocery aisles, at car dealerships, at electronics stores and at the pump. Mr. Trump on Saturday …
What a weekend of headlines, from tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico to Elon Musk getting inside the Treasury Department’s payment system. We have all of the details below — a cheat sheet of the whirlwind of changes that will probably affect the global economy and society. We also have …
Soft power is out. Hard power is in. Since returning to the White House, President Trump has demonstrated that he prefers to bludgeon, not bargain, his way to foreign policy goals. With counterparts from Asia, the Middle East and North and South America, Mr. Trump has shown a willingness to …
The United States and its biggest trading partners were hurtling on Sunday into a new era of protectionism as Canada, Mexico and China said they would adopt countermeasures against new tariffs levied by President Trump. From honey to tomatoes, and from clothes to toilet bowls, a wide range of American …
President Trump’s decision on Saturday to impose new tariffs on imports from China poses a dilemma for Beijing’s leaders: Is it better to ignore the new tariffs or retaliate? Doing little runs the risk of looking weak in the eyes of the Chinese people. China’s extensive domestic propaganda apparatus has …
Canadian, Mexican and Chinese flags. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed long-threatened tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China — and it didn’t take long for the countries to respond. Trump signed an order slapping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and …