Tariffs

Tariffs are costing some companies plenty. Others are immune, at least for now, and benefiting from tax cuts.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was in Brussels this week, talking trade with the European Commission. And apparently things aren’t going so well. Back in July, the United States agreed to hold off on its threat to slap tariffs on European auto imports while the two sides negotiate a larger trade deal. Three months later, both […]

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was in Brussels this week, talking trade with the European Commission. And apparently things aren’t going so well. Back in July, the United States agreed to hold off on its threat to slap tariffs on European auto imports while the two sides negotiate a larger trade deal. Three months later, both […]

China owns more U.S. debt than any other country. Selling its current supply of U.S. treasury bonds to mess with the American economy would be an aggressive move that China would not undertake unless provoked further, according to one expert.

People are feeling pretty good, though a majority of respondents fear that a recession is looming.

"Everyone understands that there's a price you pay when you use military force. Well, there's a price you pay when you use economic force as well."

"Everyone understands that there's a price you pay when you use military force. Well, there's a price you pay when you use economic force as well."

Anxious importers are flooding the phone lines of trade advisers; one has seen a 20 percent jump in business.