Tag: Tariffs
China tariff retaliation kicks in as trade war ratchets up
NEW YORK – China raised tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of goods imported from the U.S., implementing the promised retaliation to President...
Trump to impose tariff of up to 25% on Mexico over...
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until that country stops immigrants from entering the United...
Stocks, commodities tumble Monday as China strikes back
NEW YORK – United States stocks and commodities tumbled after China retaliated with higher tariffs on a range of American goods. Treasuries jumped with...
China announces tariff retaliation to take effect on June 1
NEW YORK – China announced that it will impose additional tariffs on some American goods in retaliation for the latest increase of United States...
U.S. trade gap narrows to eight-month low on plane exports
NEW YORK – The United States trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed to an eight-month low in February on a surge in civilian aircraft exports,...
Diagnosis of 2019 outlook is cautiously optimistic
The consensus is the economic outlook still tilts toward positive, with indications the economic recovery that jump-started 2009 will continue at least through 2019....
U.S. Jan. trade gap narrows as imports from China plummet
NEW YORK - The United States trade deficit pulled back in January from the widest level in a decade as imports from China plunged,...
BofA says a `real’ trade deal could vault S&P 500 to...
NEW YORK - With stocks rallying this year amid signs of nascent progress in China-United States trade talks, investors may be inclined to conclude...
Have the tariffs on imported solar panels been worth it?
When the Trump administration put tariffs on imported solar panels (mainly from China), the solar power industry expected that it would suffer as a...
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...