Who Pays for Tariffs? Here’s What You Need to Know.

Who Pays for Tariffs? Here’s What You Need to Know.

President Trump is moving forward with extensive tariffs on America’s closest trading partners. Beginning Tuesday, companies bringing products into the United States from Canada and Mexico will pay a 25 percent tariff; importers bringing products in from China will pay an additional 10 percent on top of existing levies. The …

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DeepSeek A.I. Is a Win for China, but a Danger to Party Control

DeepSeek A.I. Is a Win for China, but a Danger to Party Control

In 2017, China watched in awe — and shock — as AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program backed by Google, defeated a Chinese prodigy at a complex board game, Go. The decisive loss to a foreign computer program, which had similarly trounced a South Korean player, was a sort of Sputnik …

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Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats Could Hit Global Companies

Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats Could Hit Global Companies

Mexico’s pitch to companies considering the American market was simple. Worried about vulnerable supply chains? Need to reduce your reliance on China? Want an inexpensive spot close to the United States with favorable trade rules? Try Mexico. Thousands of companies, from family enterprises to powerhouse brands, in Asia, Europe and …

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Trump Will Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs

Trump Will Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs

The Trump administration plans to move forward with imposing stiff tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, in an attempt to further pressure America’s largest trading partners to accept deportees and stop the flow of migrants and drugs into the country. In a press briefing Friday, White House press …

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High Inflation and New Tariffs Will Make the Fed’s Job Tougher

High Inflation and New Tariffs Will Make the Fed’s Job Tougher

High inflation is stoking fresh debate about how the Federal Reserve should respond to President Trump’s sweeping plans to reorder the world economy through tariffs, leading to questions about whether old playbooks still apply. On Saturday, Mr. Trump is poised to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and …

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Why There’s Nowhere to Hide From Trump’s Tariffs

Why There’s Nowhere to Hide From Trump’s Tariffs

President Trump has promised to impose 25 percent tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico starting on Saturday, a vow that’s roiling the foreign exchange market. The Times’s Peter S. Goodman, who travels the world reporting on the intersection of economics and geopolitics, breaks down where Trump’s unconventional tariff strategy …

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Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters

Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters

President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization could have harsh consequences for countries around the world that rely on the agency to achieve important health goals, including routine immunizations, outbreak control and nutrition programs. But it could also have unfortunate, unintended repercussions for Americans. …

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DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Awkwardly Navigates China’s Censors

DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Awkwardly Navigates China’s Censors

As the world scrambles to understand DeepSeek — its sophistication, its implications for the global A.I. arms race — one natural question has arisen: Given that it is made by a Chinese company, how is it dealing with Chinese censorship? I decided to test it out. I’m based in China, …

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