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MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland’s thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn’t know where he and …
Trump’s trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril Read MoreIn a White House Rose Garden address on April 2, 2025, Trump declared that April 2 was “Liberation Day”, describing the announcement as “one of the most important days in American …
Trump trade wars Read More
Richard Vague advises Donald Trump to stop charging around and do some research. The US has had a particularly woeful trade deficit since the 1980s, and this article will consider …
Tech trumps tariffs Read More
Ann Pettifor has long been an influential commentator on the state of global economies and finance, since leading a successful campaign for debt relief for developing countries in the 90s, …
Lost leader Read More
Apple, the world’s second-most valuable company, is caught between the U.S., its home country, and China, its primary manufacturing base. Over the past few years, Apple has set up more …
Why Apple can’t just quit China Read More
Increased scrutiny of Chinese tech companies pushed startups to hide their roots overseas. DeepSeek’s success has emboldened some Chinese founders to tout advantages of China talent and operations. Startups …
Chinese startups once downplayed their origin. Now some celebrate it. Read More
Stephen Witt’s new book, The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, is out this week, just as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have prompted fears of a …
Trump’s tariffs are testing Nvidia’s chip supremacy. Can Jensen Huang weather the storm? Read More
“There is no winner in a tariff war,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, just as Beijing announced additional tariffs on products imported from the United …
China seeks united trade front with EU, opposing US ‘bullying’ tariffs Read More
The president has a plan to make the world pay the US protection money. Frances Coppola explains. Tariff Man is back. And he’s on a mission. President Trump wants to …
Trump’s card – what’s up the global sleeve? Read More
Trump’s 25 percent tariff could ‘level the playing field’ for Chinese brands insulated from the US market, analyst say. The White House has argued the tariff is necessary to protect …
Trump’s auto tariffs could help China’s carmakers, experts say Read More