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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted shortly after another panel of judges ruled in late May that the import taxes were illegal. The decision, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, delivered an …

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U.S. and China Agree to Walk Back Tensions

U.S. and China Agree to Walk Back Tensions

The United States and China have agreed to a “framework” that is intended to ease economic tension and extend a trade truce that the world’s two largest economies reached last month, officials from both countries said on Tuesday. After two days of marathon negotiations in London, top economic officials from the United States and China are now expected to present …

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Carvana, a Used Car Retailer, Thinks Trump’s Tariffs Could be Good for Business

Carvana, a Used Car Retailer, Thinks Trump’s Tariffs Could be Good for Business

Automakers are worried that President Trump’s tariffs on imported cars and auto parts will soon increase their costs and start eating into profits. But at least one business in the auto industry thinks the tariffs could give it a lift. That company is Carvana, an online retailer of used cars that has gained fame for storing vehicles in distinctive “vending …

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Trump’s China Deal Frees Up Shipping. Will Goods Pour Into the U.S.?

Trump’s China Deal Frees Up Shipping. Will Goods Pour Into the U.S.?

For weeks, Jay Foreman, a toy company executive, froze all shipments from China, leaving Care Bears and Tonka trucks piled up at Chinese factories, to avoid paying President Trump’s crippling 145 percent tariff. But as soon as his phone lit up at 4 a.m. on Monday alerting him that Mr. Trump was lowering tariffs on Chinese imports for 90 days, …

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Tariff Truce With China Demonstrates the Limits of Trump’s Aggression

Tariff Truce With China Demonstrates the Limits of Trump’s Aggression

President Trump’s decision to impose, and then walk back, triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products over the past month demonstrated the power and global reach of U.S. trade policy. But it was also another illustration of the limitations of Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach. The tariffs on Chinese goods, which the United States ratcheted up to a minimum of 145 percent in …

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Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

Hendrik Dierendonck, a second-generation butcher who has become, as he describes it, “world famous in Belgium” for his curated local beef, thinks Europe’s way of raising cattle results in varied and delicious cuts that European consumers prize. “They want hormone-free, grass-fed,” Mr. Dierendonck explained recently as he cut steaks at a bloody chopping block in his Michelin-starred restaurant, which backs …

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Trump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

Trump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

President Trump on Friday suggested that he was open to sharply reducing the tariffs that the United States has imposed on China, as American and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland this weekend for high-stakes trade talks. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have roiled international markets and the global economy. The negotiations on Saturday and Sunday are …

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Here’s the latest.

Here’s the latest.

Updated  May 8, 2025, 11:37 a.m. ET President Trump said Britain had agreed to increase market access for billions of dollars of American exports, including beef, ethanol and other farm products under a new trade deal — but left many of the details to be worked out later. The agreement — promoted by Mr. Trump as the first of many …

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Trump Administration to Announce Trade Deal With Britain

Trump Administration to Announce Trade Deal With Britain

President Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the United States will strike a trade agreement with Britain, according to three people familiar with the plans. Mr. Trump teased a new trade agreement in a social media post on Wednesday night, though he did not specify which nation was part of the deal. “Big News Conference tomorrow morning at …

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Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Are So Large, 10% Feels Like a Relief

Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Are So Large, 10% Feels Like a Relief

There has been a mantra spreading among weary corporate executives who are becoming resigned to President Trump’s tariffs while still hoping to avoid the worst of their effects: Ten percent is the new zero. The statement refers to the 10 percent tariff that Mr. Trump put in place on most U.S. imports one month ago. Such a significant increase in …

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