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August 25, 2026
How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War
Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was ...
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August 24, 2026
Trump Threatens New 50% Tariffs on Cars, Trucks and Steel as U.S.-Canada Trade War Unfolds
President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.
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August 22, 2026
Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Refused
In an interview, Jamieson Greer, Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of the trade offer that the United States made to Canada before talks crumbled.
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August 22, 2026
Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Collapse; Washington Imposes New Tariffs
Mark Carney suspended talks and will take out retaliatory tariffs against the United States after days of negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse.
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August 21, 2026
Trump Announces Move to Lift Ground Beef Tariffs in Bid to Lower Prices
Cattle ranchers have trimmed their herds in response to drought and low margins, helping to push up the cost of another American staple food.
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August 20, 2026
Canada and U.S. Resume Talks Over Trump Tariffs as a New Deadline Looms
While President Trump has declared that the two countries effectively have a deal, they remain apart on several key issues.
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August 19, 2026
Trump and Canada’s Carney Seem to Make Progress on a Tariff Deal, but Questions Linger
After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.
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August 19, 2026
Tariffs on Hold as Trump Claims Deal With Canada Is Near
President Trump announced a three-day delay on imposing 50 percent tariffs in a social media post on Tuesday night, roughly 90 minutes before the midnight deadline.
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August 18, 2026
Sugar Importer With Trump Ties Said to Maintain Abusive Labor Practices
A watchdog group said the Dominican company continued to violate labor standards after President Trump lifted an import ban last year.
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August 16, 2026
The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.
The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead.
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August 10, 2026
A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington
As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.
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August 6, 2026
Trump Issues Tariffs on Key Ingredient for Electronics and Solar Panels
The administration will impose a minimum import price for polysilicon, a key component for semiconductors and solar panels, as well as tariffs for products made with the material.
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August 4, 2026
White House Readies A.I. Framework to Review Security Risks
The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
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August 4, 2026
U.S. Trade Deficit Dips in June as Imports Fall Back
Imports and exports both declined, retreating from a busy month in May, data from the Commerce Department showed.
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August 4, 2026
White House Whipsaws Silicon Valley (and Itself) Over A.I. Rules
The Trump administration has struggled over how to approach to “open source” models, which are freely available to download and favored by Chinese companies.
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July 30, 2026
Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Include Diamonds, Oil and Gas, Copper and Other Items
A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.
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July 29, 2026
Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China
For some U.S. brands seeking a location for their factories, the economic logic is once again pointing to China.
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July 29, 2026
Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China
For some U.S. brands seeking a location for their factories, the economic logic is once again pointing to China.
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July 25, 2026
Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.
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July 24, 2026
Small Businesses Sue Trump Administration Over Latest Tariffs
The businesses are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal group that has successfully challenged President Trump’s past duties.
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July 23, 2026
Trump Prepares Yet Another Strategy to Resurrect Global Tariffs
The administration’s 10 percent global tariffs are set to expire at midnight, but officials have been preparing replacements.
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July 22, 2026
Laredo’s Future Rides on Trump’s Next Trade Move
The economy of Laredo, Texas, has boomed under the president’s global tariffs. Now, his demands may threaten its success.
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July 20, 2026
Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods
The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America’s biggest trading partners.
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July 16, 2026
Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil
The United States accused the country of unfair trade practices. The tariff will replace ones that the Supreme Court struck down.
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July 13, 2026
Trump Administration Is Snapping Up Stakes in Private Companies. Could A.I. Be Next?
Some tech executives are nervous that the administration’s recent scrutiny of artificial intelligence models could be a prelude to a demand for an ownership stake.
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July 7, 2026
Trump Promised a Foreign Investment Boom. It’s Getting Harder to Deliver.
The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.
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July 7, 2026
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May on Record Goods Imports
Imports of foreign goods hit a record high in the month, pushing the trade deficit to its highest level in over a year.
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July 1, 2026
What to Know About the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Talks
July 1 could be the beginning of the end for a trade pact President Trump has long criticized — or the start of a path to its renewal.
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July 1, 2026
U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic’s Most Powerful A.I. Models
The move allows Anthropic to bring its most powerful technologies back online, de-escalating a feud with the Trump administration.
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June 29, 2026
China Emerges as a Relative Winner From Strait of Hormuz Crisis
A report examines how the war in Iran has weighed on Asian economies, but left China in a more advantageous position.
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