

Economy Aug 14

Trump accuses Canada of flooding the U.S. market with its raw, unprocessed aluminum. Critics of the tariffs counter that a jump in Canadian raw aluminum shipments to the United States is within historical norms and reflects stepped-up production from a…
By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
Economy Jun 17

The Trump administration plans to carry on with its confrontational approach to world trade, pressuring other countries to lower their tariffs on U.S. products and perhaps making it harder for imports to enter the United States duty free.
By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
Making Sen$e Feb 07

So far, the job losses created by putting these steel-using industries at risk appear to be substantial, and well in excess of any jobs that may have emerged in the steel-production industry as a result of the tariffs.
By Lydia Cox, Katheryn Russ, Econofact
Making Sen$e Jan 16

Agriculture incomes would have shown no growth in 2019 but for massive and unprecedented federal assistance.
By Menzie Chinn, Bill Plumley, Econofact
Jan 16

By Kevin Freking, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
The deal offers massive export opportunities for U.S. farms and factories and promises to do more to protect American trade secrets but leaves Washington's fundamental differences with Beijing unresolved.
President Donald Trump and China's chief negotiator are scheduled to sign a modest trade agreement in which the administration will ease some sanctions on China and Beijing will step up its purchases of U.S. farm products and other goods.
Jan 03

By Josh Boak, Associated Press
The sector was hurt by weakening demand and last year's global economic slowdown. But some signs suggest that the setback for manufacturing has bottomed out.
On Friday, the Trump administration and China announced the first phase of a deal to de-escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. But the agreement, positioned by the White House as a major victory, has prompted many…
Dec 13

By Joe McDonald, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
The U.S. is dropping plans to impose tariffs Sunday on $160 billion in Chinese imports and is reducing some existing tariffs on Chinese goods.
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