Tag: Tariffs

Containers of Heinz ketchup on the shelf of a market, in Barre, Vermont, March 2, 2011.

Kraft-Heinz investing $3 billion to upgrade US factories due to Trump’s tariffs

Asher Notheis · May 14, 2025 3:08 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

What comes next for US-China trade relations?

James Rogan · May 14, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump’s informal elevation of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as his top advisor on trade seems to be paying dividends in negotiations with American trading partners and easing concerns among Trump supporters spooked by the initial rollout of the president’s tariff agenda.

Bessent show: Treasury secretary taking over as top dog on Trump’s trade team

Christian Datoc · May 14, 2025 6:00 am

Inside Scoop: Trump vs. courts, Golden State rising, and Hollywood bailout

Amy DeLaura · May 14, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Los Angeles International Airport.

Newsom to roll out revised budget that is at least $10 billion in the red

Barnini Chakraborty · May 14, 2025 5:00 am

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump’s authority to declare tariffs ’emergency’ challenged in first court hearing

Jack Birle · May 13, 2025 6:39 pm

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, left, speak to the press after the second day of a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, May 11, 2025.

De minimis tariffs of low-value packages reduced to 54% after US-China talks

Emily Hallas · May 13, 2025 6:23 pm

Air conditioning manufacturer Carrier will keep some jobs in Indiana rather than relocate them to Mexico, thanks to a reported deal with the incoming Trump administration that will include some inducements from the state of Indiana. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)

Carrier becomes latest company to increase US manufacturing as part of ‘comeback’ under Trump

Jenny Goldsberry · May 13, 2025 2:41 pm

President Donald Trump, left, greets former President Joe Biden at the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump blames Biden for economy as pressure on tariff policy builds

Mabinty Quarshie · May 13, 2025 6:00 am

In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Reserve officials were convinced last month that the U.S. economy and job growth had slowed as COVID-19 cases surged across the country. They noted that the economy's outlook is heavily dependent on the course of the virus.

Fairness and Justice

Is Jerome Powell batting for three strikes?

John Roberts · May 13, 2025 6:00 am

Trump tries to turn things around

W. James Antle III · May 13, 2025 1:00 am

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

A welcome de-escalation in the China trade war

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2025 12:00 am