Chinese Factories Slow in Early Sign of Trade War’s Toll

President Trump’s tariffs are already taking a toll on China’s factories. Three weeks into a trade…

U.S. Gas Industry Pushes Back on Trump Shipbuilding Rules

Another rift has opened between the U.S. oil and gas industry and President Trump, this time…

West Coast Ports Brace for China Tariffs to Dent Import Volume Within Days

Census Bureau data released on Tuesday showed a surge in U.S. imports starting last fall, from…

White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’

President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating…

New Data Provide a Pre-Tariff Snapshot of a Stable but Slowing Labor Market

The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record…

Federal Watchdog Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump’s Withholding of Funds

An independent federal watchdog has opened more than three dozen investigations into the Trump administration to…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying…

Are Shein and Temu Prices Going Up? What to Know as Trump Ends De Minimis Tariff Loophole

A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China…

Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain

President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing…

Trump’s 100-Day Economic Report Card

Trump’s tumultuous start When President Trump took office in January for his second term, business leaders…

Trump Administration Looks to Take Steps to Ease Pain From Car Tariffs

The Trump administration said it plans to announce measures as early as Tuesday to ease the…

Why Trump’s Economic Disruption Will Be Hard to Reverse

President Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order. And in…

‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit

In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the…

Trump’s Tariffs Squeeze an Already Struggling British Car Industry

The 25 percent tariffs imposed by President Trump on imported cars have added to the pressures…

Trump’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits

Somewhere along a roughly 7,500-mile journey that begins in Shenzhen, China, there are 19 shipments bound…

Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms

Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs…

Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent

There are proposals from Republicans in Congress to increase the tax on large endowments, potentially to…

How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive

Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects,…

Dollar Doubts Dominate Gathering of Global Economic Leaders

On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this…

F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs

Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food…

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…

Uncertainty Over Trump’s Tariffs Paralyzes U.S. Businesses

Three months ago, things were looking pretty good for Tim Fulton and Ramper Innovations, a manufacturer…