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Fruit and vegetables are seen at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images Americans grew less fearful about inflation in May as President Donald Trump backed off the most severe of his tariff proposals, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey Monday. The central…
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on May 30, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers maintained confidence on Sunday that the “tariffs are not going away,” as a key tenet of Trump’s policy agenda hangs in legal limbo. “Rest assured,…
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett gives a TV interview outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett suggested on Sunday that President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping could have a conversation about trade as soon as this week. Hassett…
PLANO, Texas — The top-selling SUV in the United States will exclusively be offered as a hybrid model as part of a redesign of the RAV4 lineup, Toyota Motor announced Tuesday night. The world’s largest automaker said the 2026 Toyota RAV4 only will be offered as a hybrid or plug-in hybrid, eliminating a traditional gas…
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during the bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via Reuters China has temporarily paused export restrictions targeting 28 American companies on the heels of the trade truce Beijing reached…
Chinese officials, influencers and state-run media on Monday were casting the initial trade agreement and 90-day tariff pause with the U.S. as a victory and a vindication of Beijing’s negotiating strategy. They are arguing that their defiant public posture worked and was a major reason they were able to strike a deal with U.S. officials…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the trade agreement reached over the weekend represents another stage in the U.S. shaking its reliance on Chinese products. Though the U.S. “decoupling” itself from its need for cheap imports from China has been discussed for years, the process has been a slow one and unlikely to ever…
President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled the broad outline of a trade agreement with the United Kingdom. The deal is the first by the United States with a country whose imports were subject to new tariffs imposed by Trump in early April. The U.S. has a trade goods surplus with the UK. Many specifics about…
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese bargain retailer Temu changed its business model in the U.S. as the Trump administration’s new rules on low-value shipments took effect Friday. In recent days, Temu has abruptly shifted its website and app to only display listings for products shipped from U.S.-based warehouses. Items shipped directly from China,…
China is the world’s second-largest economy and second-largest importer of U.S. goods. Entities in China hold at least $784 billion in U.S. federal debt. The country also controls much of the world’s rare element supply, which is vital for manufacturing technology. China could weaponize these assets if an all-out trade war breaks out, to the…