US tensions with two key trade partners amped up on Monday after President Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum and the US pushed countries for deals ahead of looming deadlines. China responded to Trump's claim on Friday that it has "totally violated its agreement" with the US,

China's factory activity in May shrank for the first time in eight months, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday, indicating U.S. tariffs are now starting to directly hurt the manufacturing superpower.

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Looking back at the first Trump administration’s tariff policy might give some insight on where trade policy is or isn’t headed. But don’t expect firm answers.

Mary Barra said at the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything conference in New York City she learned lessons from previous talks with Trump.

President Donald Trump is using his love of tariffs to threaten high-profile American companies. Over the past month, Trump has said he’d like to target two specific and very different companies – Apple and Mattel – with tariffs aimed at their key products over comments by their CEOs.

Ultimately, those who respond with flexibility and foresight—whether businesses or consumers—will be best positioned to handle the pressures of a tariff-driven economy.

A Financial Times columnist has coined the term "TACO trade," saying Trump always chickens out of his tariff orders. What is behind the viral acronym?

The prominent conservative legal activist is “a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America,” the president fumed about his former ally.

Lumber is in the spotlight as the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Lumber Coalition disagree about what’s behind the U.S. housing market experiencing a slump.