Tag: Tariffs
Top U.S. business lobby takes on Trump over shutdown, trade
NEW YORK - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce took on President Donald Trump over the partial government shutdown and trade tensions, urging him to resolve...
Humming U.S. factories end 2018 on sour note amid trade war
WASHINGTON – Five Federal Reserve indexes of regional manufacturing all slumped in December, the first time they’ve fallen in unison since May 2016 and...
U.S. trade gap widens to 10-year high amid China tensions
NEW YORK - The United States trade deficit widened more than forecast in October to the highest in a decade, underscoring continued fallout from the...
U.S. stocks battered by trade, yield concerns
NEW YORK - United States stocks plunged, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling more than 800 points, as a litany of concerns wiped out...
Mnuchin says China agrees to lower auto tariffs; Beijing silent
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said China has agreed to remove tariffs on imported automobiles but declined to detail the specifics of...
Less than half of U.S. factories expect tariff price impact
NEW YORK - Less than half of United States manufacturers think that President Donald Trump’s tariff and trade war will lead to higher domestic...
Capital-spending slowdown flashes warning for U.S. growth
NEW YORK - Juiced by President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, business investment helped deliver a robust United States economy in the first half of...
UBS: U.S. firms evading Trump tariffs by switching output abroad
NEW YORK - United States companies are evading President Donald Trump’s goods tariffs by partly moving production abroad, shielding China for now from the...
U.S. trade gap hits seven-month high amid expanding tariff war
NEW YORK - The United States trade deficit widened more than forecast in September to a seven-month high as imports expanded and the merchandise gap...
Have the recent stock market gyrations caused you to rethink your...
In the last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost roughly 7 percent of its value from a record high set on Oct....
