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Putting tariffs on Denmark unless it cedes the island of Greenland could hurt access to a few key products, including popular medicines. President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened tariffs on [...]

The president-elect inaccurately said that Chinese soldiers operate the Panama Canal. But China's strategic positions in shipping worry Washington officials. It was a Christmas message that no one saw coming. [...]

America's economy is far outstripping its peers, but there are serious risks, including from the president-elect. The U.S. economy is pulling ahead of its global peers. Inflation is moderating, and [...]

The move escalates supply chain warfare and comes a day after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced American technology to China. China said on Tuesday that [...]

New reports from the World Trade Organization and a Washington think tank showed how robust global trade could quickly be derailed by violence. The global system of container ships and [...]

Beijing's investigation of the parent of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, which stopped buying goods from Xinjiang, has put global firms in a difficult position. An investigation by China of [...]

Beijing's investigation of the parent of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, which stopped buying goods from Xinjiang, has put global firms in a difficult position. An investigation by China of [...]

War in the Middle East, a strike by port workers and a devastating hurricane injected uncertainty into the U.S. economy. The United States economy is suddenly staring down new and [...]

Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a geopolitical tech battle. In a sprawling factory in eastern Shanghai, [...]

Under pressure from Chinese competitors, Amazon, Walmart and other U.S. retailers have been exploring ways to avoid tariffs. Could a new Biden administration rule change that? Major American retailers including [...]

The administration moved to block off a popular tariff-free path for Chinese apparel coming into the United States, and added stiff levies on electric vehicles, solar panels and other products. [...]

The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues. In a 2019 presidential debate, Kamala [...]

Some Republicans want to use revenue collected from higher duties on foreign goods to finance tax cuts. Economists say such a shift could widen the gap between the rich and […]

The Republican Party is rejecting elite economic ideas in a bid for blue-collar votes, abandoning long-held free-market principles in the process. Donald J. Trump's presidency was a major turn away [...]

The United States is investing $39 billion to help build factories. But even after U.S. facilities are built, chip manufacturing will remain decidedly global. Semiconductors are vital to the modern [...]

The United States bought more goods from Mexico than China in 2023 for the first time in 20 years, evidence of how much global trade patterns have shifted. In the [...]

Economies all over the world are lowering inflation while avoiding serious recession -- but growth in the United States stands out. The world is starting 2024 on an optimistic economic [...]

A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China's ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology. NASA has chosen the technology to help it [...]

Two progressive lawmakers warned the Biden administration against creating a revolving door between industry and government as it prepares to hand out $39 billion in grants. Two Democratic lawmakers on [...]

On a bright September day on the harbor in Copenhagen, several hundred people gathered to welcome the official arrival of Laura Maersk. Laura was not a visiting European dignitary like [...]

The United States is taking unusual action to clamp down on sales of chip-making machinery to China, even as Chinese firms are racing to stockpile the equipment. They are smooth [...]

Nvidia, Intel and Qualcomm are campaigning to protect their businesses before further crackdowns on the sale of semiconductor technology to Beijing. A year after the Biden administration took its first [...]

Experts are warning of a new normal in which food supplies -- and prices -- could be rocked more regularly. As the rate of food price inflation eases in the [...]

Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to operate in China but say doing business in the country is still key to their survival. In May, Micron Technologies, the Idaho chipmaker, [...]

From movie theaters to military spending, here's how one of the world's most important economic relationships stacks up. China and the United States are locked in an increasingly intense rivalry [...]

Mutual skepticism between the United States and China over a wide range of economic and security issues has festered in recent years. The last time a U.S. Treasury secretary visited [...]

Mutual skepticism between the United States and China over a wide range of economic and security issues has festered in recent years. The last time a U.S. Treasury secretary visited [...]

Chief executives in the U.S. have long pushed for closer ties between the two countries. Now they just hope a rocky situation won't get worse. In a meeting in Beijing [...]

Companies are moving headquarters and factories outside the country and cleaving off their Chinese businesses. It's not clear the strategy will work. As it expanded internationally, Shein, the rapidly growing [...]

The Treasury secretary laid out a vision in which the United States could continue cooperating economically with China despite what she described as acute security threats. WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary [...]

At a cotton gin in the San Joaquin Valley, in California, a boxy machine helps to spray a fine mist containing billions of molecules of DNA onto freshly cleaned Pima [...]

A law intended to bolster clean energy manufacturing has ignited debate over whether the U.S. should work to break down international trade barriers -- or keep them intact to protect [...]

The administration says the conditions it has attached to $40 billion in new subsidies will help U.S. semiconductor makers compete globally. Some economists disagree. WASHINGTON -- President Biden's plan to [...]

A sprawling new program for the semiconductor industry is foremost about national security, but it will try to advance other priorities as well. The Biden administration unveiled rules Tuesday for [...]

The gap between what the United States imports and what it exports hit a record as more foreign goods came into the country. WASHINGTON -- The overall U.S. trade deficit [...]

Which shortage came first: the chicks or the eggs? Spooked by a huge spike in egg prices, some consumers are taking steps to secure their own future supply. Demand for [...]

A surge in trade by Russia's neighbors and allies hints at one reason its economy remains so resilient after sweeping sanctions. WASHINGTON -- A strange thing happened with smartphones in [...]

Countries are pursuing new solutions to try to mitigate climate change. More trade fights are likely to come hand in hand. WASHINGTON -- Efforts to mitigate climate change are prompting [...]

Moscow blocks most shipments from Ukraine, one of the world's largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the country's energy grid also disrupt the flow of food. ISTANBUL -- Hulking [...]

In September, the chip giant Intel gathered officials at a patch of land near Columbus, Ohio, where it pledged to invest at least $20 billion in two new factories to [...]

A government trade agency report suggested that the impact of trade policy differed for workers depending on their race and socioeconomic status. WASHINGTON -- People of color have been disproportionately [...]

International trade with Russia boomed this year, filling Moscow's war chest -- even as countries imposed sanctions after the Ukraine invasion. After the invasion of Ukraine, countries vowed to sever [...]

Russia's economy and residents have taken a battering, but the government continues to reap big revenues from energy sales. A partial European embargo on oil takes effect in December. WASHINGTON [...]

Officials from 14 countries met in Los Angeles this week to discuss a potential economic agreement covering digital trade, secure supply chains, decarbonization and other issues. The Biden administration on [...]

Research has found that Americans' spending during the pandemic accounted for about 60% of inflation from 2019-21. Supply chain bottlenecks and labor shortages have been a major factor driving inflation [...]

Prices have increased rapidly since last year, but barely budged in July -- a positive development, though not yet enough for a victory lap. Inflation cooled notably in July as [...]

The move stems from concerns that Mexico is violating the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which seeks to level the playing field for industries across the continent. The Biden administration plans to [...]

The Biden administration is applying lessons learned from controls on Russia during the Ukraine war to try to limit China's military and technological advances. WASHINGTON -- When Russian forces invaded [...]

TRADE Administration Is Pressed On Future of China Tariffs Lawmakers on Wednesday pressed President Biden's top trade negotiator over the administration's trade strategy toward China, including what, if anything, Mr. [...]

Billions of dollars could be at stake as a law banning imports of products from China goes into effect. WASHINGTON -- A sweeping new law aimed at cracking down on [...]