Trump's trade blitz produces few deals but lots of uncertainty
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump and his advisers promised a lightning round of global trade negotiations with dozens of countries back in April.
Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
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ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.
Appeals court allows Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now, as his administration appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies.
What happens to Trump's tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world.
What happens to Trump's tariffs now that a court has ruled against them?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world.
Federal court blocks Trump's tariffs. Here's what to know
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world.
Trump disrupts global economic order even though the US is dominant
WASHINGTON (AP) -- By declaring a trade war on the rest of the world, President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets, raised the risk of a recession and broken the political and economic alliances that made much of the world stable for business after World War II.
US employers add a solid 151,000 jobs last month though unemployment up to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants.
U.S. economy likely generated a solid 160,000 jobs last month, but Trump's trade wars cloud outlook
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. labor market likely kept on churning out jobs last month, economists say, but the outlook is cloudy and getting cloudier as the Trump administration wages trade wars, purges federal employees and seeks to deport millions of immigrants.
Businesses scramble to contain fallout from Trump's tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
A Minnesota farmer worries about the price of fertilizer. A San Diego entrepreneur deals with an unexpected cost increase of remodeling a restaurant. A Midwestern sheet metal fabricator bemoans the prospect of higher aluminum prices.
Here's what tariffs are and how they work
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here's what they are and what you need to know about them:
Senate Finance Committee approves Jamieson Greer, Trump's choice to be top U.S. trade negotiator
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump's choice to be America's top trade negotiator Wednesday, largely along party lines.
Trump's US trade negotiator choice vows hardline policies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's choice to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, promised to pursue the president's hardline trade policies in testimony Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. But he faced pushback from senators unsettled by Trump's unpredictable actions on trade.
Trump's US trade negotiator pick vows hardline policies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's choice to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, promised to pursue the president's hardline trade policies.
US businesses brace for Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to drive up costs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From an ice cream parlor in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, U.S. businesses are bracing to take a hit from the taxes President Donald Trump imposed Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico and China -- America's three biggest trading partners.
Trump's Commerce Secretary nominee, Howard Lutnick, vows to sell his business interests in 90 days
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he would sell all of his business holdings within 90 days.
What are tariffs and how do they work?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here's what they are and what you need to know about them:
Just in time for Valentine's Day, trade dispute with Colombia threatens flower imports
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25% tax on imports from Colombia comes at a most inauspicious time: The wrangling over the South American country's willingness to accept flights carrying deported immigrants is flaring up just three weeks before Valentine's Day, and Colombia is America's No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers.
Biden's big semiconductor law will ramp up US chip production -- but at a high cost, report finds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors and reduce the country's reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will "sharply increase production'' of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost and might not deliver the best bang for the buck, concludes...
Trump's latest tariff plan aims at multiple countries. What does it mean for the US?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States.
Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president.
US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls
WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. The report provided a somewhat blurry view of the job market at the end of a presidential race that has pivoted heavily on voters' feelings about the economy.
Final jobs report before election will likely offer a blurred view of labor market
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans on Friday will get their last major look at the state of the U.S. economy -- the October jobs report -- just four days before Election Day. The view, though, is likely to be obscured by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls.
US adds a robust 254,000 jobs and unemployment dips to 4.1% in sign of still-sturdy labor market
WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, the latest evidence that the U.S. labor market is still solid enough to support steady hiring and a growing economy.
Jobs report is likely to show another month of modest but steady hiring gains
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. labor market is still reliably cranking out jobs each month, enough to give Americans the confidence and paychecks to keep spending and sustaining the economy. Yet the pace of hiring has lost momentum over the past several months, evidence that employers have become more cautious.
Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States.
Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry.