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‘I hope we can hang on,’ one business owner says, as Chicago’s housewares industry struggles with tariffs
The operators of Chicago-area companies that make such goods as kitchen and organizational products say higher tariffs on ...
China Denounces US Tariff "Bullying"
China has been a fierce critic of sweeping U.S. tariffs that Trump announced on April 2. He later delayed the implementation ...
Canada announces tariffs on some trade partners to protect domestic industry
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said Canada will introduce a tariff rate quota for countries with which it has free ...
U.S. imports from China fell sharply in June, despite rush of orders ahead of new tariffs
U.S. retailers and other importers that had largely halted shipments in May due to tariffs, resumed imports from China in June, amid truce.
It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, ...
Bridal shops experience price surge due to tariffs
It’s a day that many little girls dream of -- getting to try on and take home their wedding dress -- but recent tariffs ...
US port operators seek to mitigate hefty expected tariffs on China-built port cranes
U.S. seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering ship-to-shore cranes as they expect ...
Trump wields tariffs to sway Putin on Ukraine. Here's how they might work, or not
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year ...