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CPI Shows U.S. Inflation Remains Muted as Tariff Impact Is Limited
Businesses across the United States have for months warned that they would raise prices on their customers in response to President…
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What’s Next as the Latest U.S.-China Trade Talks Conclude
We are hearing that the trade talks with China may be bearing fruit — or at least aren’t at an impasse. We’ve heard positive spin before,…
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China Walks a Line in U.S. Trade Talks, Trying Not to Overplay Its Hand
In its high-stakes trade talks with the United States, China has been trying to strike a balance in how it wields its market clout. It…
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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway
A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading…
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Federal Court Agrees to Continue Trump’s Tariffs as Appeal Gets Underway
A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading…
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U.S. and China Agree to Walk Back Tensions
The United States and China have agreed to a “framework” that is intended to ease economic tension and extend a trade truce that the…
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U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Builds on Close Ties but Leaves Some Tariffs in Place
President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States intended to sign a trade deal with Britain that would bring the two nations…
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5 Takeaways From the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement
The United States and Britain announced on Thursday that they had reached a deal that would reduce tariffs on some imports, such as steel,…
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Hope and Anxiety Share the Stage as Finance Titans Converge on L.A.
Beneath the grand chandeliers of the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, at rooftop bars and at private parties at…
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U.S. and Britain Hail Trade Agreement but Leave Details to Be Settled
President Trump said Britain had agreed to increase market access for billions of dollars of American exports, including beef, ethanol and…
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U.S. Trade Deal Could Lift UK Economy, but Won’t Transform It
The British government made faster economic growth its No. 1 mission. But efforts to kick-start it have been repeatedly knocked off course…
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Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months
A year ago, the world’s biggest automaker was on a tear. American consumers were snapping up Toyota Motor’s hybrids, and a weak yen…
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Trump’s Threat of ‘Foreign’ Film Tariffs Stirs Anxiety in the U.K.
President Trump’s desire to “make Hollywood great again” by wielding his preferred economic weapon — tariffs — has sent a shiver through…
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Trump Administration to Announce Trade Deal With Britain
For Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, the trade deal would offer vindication for his assiduous cultivation of Mr. Trump. During his…
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China Is Likely to Play Hardball in U.S. Tariff Talks
By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising…
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Are We Headed for Recession? Economists Look Everywhere for Signs.
Americans are spending less at McDonald’s. Fewer container ships are expected at the Port of Los Angeles. Procter & Gamble is raising…
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Are U.S. Tariffs Affecting Your Business? We Want to Hear From You.
President Trump’s trade war has created chaos for companies around the world, snarling supply chains, sowing uncertainty and muddling…
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Countdown to Scott Bessent’s Trade Talks With China
An Israeli spyware company is ordered to pay Meta $167 million. A federal jury in California awarded Meta damages from the NSO Group,…
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Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
When Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, returned from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil last November, he made a stopover in Casablanca, where…
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China Cuts Interest Rates to Shore Up Economy Hit by Trade War
China’s central bank cut interest rates and made it easier on Wednesday for banks to increase lending and pump more money into the…
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TikTok, Facing a U.S. Ban, Tells Advertisers: We’re Here and Confident
“TikTok is here — we are here,” Khartoon Weiss, the company’s vice president of global business solutions, told a packed warehouse of…
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Trump Officials to Meet With Chinese Counterparts Amid Trade Standoff
Top officials from the Trump administration will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week, the first formal meeting…
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Chinese Imports to US Hit 20-Year Low as Tariffs Sink In
The share of U.S. imports from China in the first quarter of the year fell to its lowest point in over 20 years, as the high tariffs…
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Barbie Maker Mattel Plans to Raise Prices Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Less than a week ago, President Trump suggested that children may have to make do with fewer toys this year. “Well, maybe the children…