tariffs

US, EU reach agreement to settle rift over Trump-era tariffs

By Zeke Miller, Josh Boak, Associated Press

The U.S. and European Union have reached an agreement to settle their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs, the White House announced Saturday, as President Joe Biden is in Rome attending the Group of 20 summit.

E.U., U.S. agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

By Raf Casert, Associated Press

In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute.

European Union puts tariffs on U.S. but hopes for change with Biden

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

The move comes a year after the World Trade Organization authorized the United States to slap penalties on EU goods worth.

After brief trade truce, U.S. slaps levy on Canadian aluminum

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

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…

WATCH: U.S. seeks lower tariffs overseas, fewer duty-free imports

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

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.

Steel tariffs hurt manufacturers downstream, data shows

By Lydia Cox, Katheryn Russ, Econofact

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.

What is the toll of trade wars on U.S. agriculture?

By Menzie Chinn, Bill Plumley, Econofact

Agriculture incomes would have shown no growth in 2019 but for massive and unprecedented federal assistance.

Read the full U.S.-China 'Phase 1' trade agreement

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.

WATCH: Trump signs 'Phase 1' trade truce with China

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.

U.S. manufacturing activity falls to lowest level in a decade

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.