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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a…
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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect the U.S., Canada and Mexico
Decades of trade integration across North America are on the precipice of major disruption by tariffs that President Trump says he wants…
Politics
Trump’s Tariff Threat Stokes Anxiety in Canada’s Auto-Industry Hub
Since 1988, the hulking presses at Lanex Manufacturing on the edge of Windsor, Ontario, have been stamping out door strikers, folding-seat…
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World Economic Forum: Will Trump and Davos Herald a New World Disorder
Davos is coming just in time for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump 2.0, and Europe is anxious. Mr. Trump is like an asteroid heading for…
Business
World Economic Forum: Davos Braces for Political Drama as the World Warms
And Mr. Trump, too, will be unavoidable in Davos, even if he is not there in person. (He is expected to give a speech in a virtual…
Business
U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
The ban of TikTok in the United States is set to create a glaring hole in social media. For ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China,…
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Facing a Flurry of U.S. Sanctions, China Prepares to Hit Back
Days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, China is gearing up for economic battle with the United States. It threatened a…
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In Pursuing Canal, Trump Could Push Panama Closer to China
As Panama’s president laid a wreath to honor those who died protesting the American occupation 60 years ago, the ceremony attendees were…
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Why TikTok Users Are Downloading ‘Red Note,’ the Chinese App
Manimatana Lee spent the past five years building one of the hottest commodities on the internet: a group of people who reliably watch her…
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Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.’s Global Spread
The Biden administration issued sweeping rules on Monday governing how A.I. chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an…
Politics
4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case
The Supreme Court on Friday grappled over a law that could determine the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular social media platform that has…
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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector
The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in what could…
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U.S. Ambassador Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’
The United States ambassador to China, R. Nicholas Burns, said the Biden administration is making a last push to try to persuade China to…
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TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
When the Supreme Court hears arguments on Friday over whether protecting national security requires TikTok to be sold or closed, the…
Politics
Trump Blurs Lines in $20 Billion Data Center Announcement and Other Deals
President-elect Donald J. Trump was at the lectern talking through the approaching inauguration of his second term. But across the…
Business
Why Japan Won’t Stop Trying to Invest in the U.S.
As signs emerged that President Biden was gearing up to stop the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel from acquiring Pittsburgh-based U.S.…