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October 12, 2026
America’s Favorite Fruit Is Being Bruised by the Iran War
The journey of one banana from farm to store shows how the war’s economic effects have cascaded into some surprising industries.
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October 6, 2026
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in August
New data from the Commerce Department showed that imports grew in the month, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to limit foreign products.
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September 29, 2026
US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products
An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies.
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September 25, 2026
OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with sites for the Education Department, Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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September 24, 2026
Trump Struggles to Find Leverage With Xi Over Chinese Exports
The Trump administration, like its predecessors, has struggled to deal with China’s excess industrial capacity.
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September 24, 2026
U.S. and China Agree to Extend Trade Truce by 2 Months, Bessent Says
The Treasury secretary, who is leading talks with China, said the countries had agreed to extend a trade truce until January.
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September 22, 2026
Trump and Xi to Discuss A.I. Risks and Competition at US-China Summit
Artificial intelligence is on the agenda when leaders from the United States and China meet this week. But with little consensus on a path forward, expectations are limited.
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September 21, 2026
Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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September 21, 2026
U.S. and China Discuss System to Warn of A.I. National Security Issues
In a meeting on Sunday, the U.S. Treasury secretary and China’s vice premier talked about having a shared vision on the goals of artificial intelligence and the threats it poses.
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September 6, 2026
How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.
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September 3, 2026
U.S. Trade Gap Ballooned in July
The trade deficit bounced back up last month as spending on data centers to feed the A.I. boom drove up imports.
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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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