If the United States and China have succeeded at one thing this year, it is finding each other’s pain points. An initial clash over tariffs has grown in recent months into a competition over which country can weaponize its control…
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U.S. Starts Investigation Into Imported Planes and Parts
The Trump administration has started an investigation into the import of commercial aircraft, jet engines and related parts that could lead to new tariffs on top of the many it has already put in place. According to a federal notice…
China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi
President Trump, whose trade war with China has rattled financial markets and threatened to disrupt huge swaths of trade, suggested on Friday that he had been in touch with Xi Jinping, China’s president, even as Chinese officials insisted that no…
Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come
The line fell silent. In a phone call from the Oval Office, President Trump had just delivered unwelcome news to three of America’s most powerful auto executives: Mary Barra of General Motors, John Elkann of Stellantis and Jim Farley of…
Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
When the White House finally released the text of Mr. Trump’s orders on Thursday evening, it appeared that some of the tariffs — those covered in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that Mr. Trump negotiated and celebrated in his first term…
Trump Suspends Mexico Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month
President Trump said on Thursday that he would allow Mexico to avoid tariffs on most exports to the United States for one month, saying he would exempt products that are traded under the rules of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade…
Trump to Pause Auto Tariffs for Canada and Mexico for One Month
President Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause tariffs on cars coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico for one month, after a 25 percent tariff that he placed on America’s closest trading partners a day earlier…
Greenland’s Minerals: The Harsh Reality Behind the Glittering Promise
More than a decade ago, Canadian miners prospecting for diamonds in western Greenland saw on the horizon a huge white hump. They called it White Mountain and soon discovered it was a deposit of anorthosite, a salt-and-pepper color mineral used…