President Trump’s tariffs have spared almost no corner of the Earth. Even tiny, sparsely populated islands…
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Tariffs Could Sink an Economy Held Aloft by the Labor Market
For three years, the U.S. economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and…
Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair’s Top Editor, Steps Down
Radhika Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair since 2017, said on Thursday she would step down…
Nike, Lululemon and Other Consumer Stocks Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs
Shares in many major consumer brands plunged on Thursday, the day after President Trump announced steep…
Capital One Deal for Discover Clears Justice Dept. Hurdle
Capital One cleared a significant obstacle to its proposed acquisition of Discover Financial Services after the…
Ford Offers Discounts on Cars and Trucks as Auto Tariffs Kick In
Ford Motor said on Thursday that it was lowering prices on most of its vehicles to…
Trump’s Tariffs Hit Garment Makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Hard
Through Covid, political chaos, and economic disarray, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh kept one industry central to…
Trump’s Tariffs Hit Garment Makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Hard
Through Covid, political chaos, and economic disarray, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh kept one industry central to…
Overlooked No More: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind the Birth Control Pill
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning…
Europe Has Economic Power. Can It Use It Against Trump’s Tariffs?
The European Union, taken as a whole, is America’s biggest trading partner. That makes President Trump’s…
Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Apply to Chips, but Taiwan Remains Wary
Taiwan, the center of the global supply chain for computer chips, woke up on Thursday to…
Trump Took a Wrecking Ball to Southeast Asia’s Role as an Alternative to China
For years, countries like Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand have worked to turn themselves into alternatives to…
How Countries Reacted to Trump’s Tariffs
Here is how some of the United States’ key trading partners responded on Thursday to President…
Russia’s Escape From Trump’s Tariffs Raises Questions
When President Trump unveiled major new tariffs on Wednesday, one big economy that he did not…
The Fallout from Trump’s Reign of Tariffs
How the tariffs are going down President Trump on Wednesday described his sweeping barrage of tariffs…
Trump’s Tariffs Pose a New Threat for Germany’s Stagnant Economy
Germany had hoped that a new government would revive its stagnant economy, but President Trump’s sweeping…
Can I Get a Refund After Booking the Wrong Hotel Dates Online?
Dear Tripped Up, Last Sept. 26, I booked a ski trip for my family at a…
A Stunned World Reckons With Economic Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs
Laptop computers from Taiwan, wine from Italy, frozen shrimp from India, Nike sneakers from Vietnam and…
Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Global Powers Warn of Trade War Over New Tariffs
President Trump is trying to rewire the global economic order with a flurry of tariffs on…
Trump Tariffs Aim to Revive U.S. Manufacturing. Is That Possible?
President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on a scale unseen in nearly a century is more than…
Japan Lacks a ‘Viable Option’ for Retaliating to Trump’s Tariffs
After being smacked with double-digit percentage tariffs by a key ally, Japan finds itself with few…