Trump Tariffs Push Japan’s Economy Into Contraction

The Japanese economy shrank by 1.8 percent compared to the same quarter last year, as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth.

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America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat

Education, open markets, trade and immigration transformed the United States into the world’s dominant power, but each is now being weakened.

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Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices

It is walking back levies on imports including beef and coffee in what critics say is an admission that tariffs raised prices in the first place.

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Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration

The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.

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Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%

The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.

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Kenya’s Key Export Used to Be Coffee. Now It’s Cheap Labor.

There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.

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Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

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Carney Accelerates Economic Plan for Canada to Rely Less on U.S. Amid Trade War

Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.

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The Luxury Electric Vehicle Is in Trouble

Sales of expensive battery-powered cars like the Ford F-150 Lightning have stalled, forcing automakers to slow production and offer more affordable vehicles.

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Solvay of Belgium Creates Rare Earths Deals With U.S.

The contracts are the latest sign of how Europe is lagging the United States in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths.

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