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What new import tariffs mean for one American steel company

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2019
"People are scrambling to buy steel," said Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co.
Brazilian and Argentinian steel on the way to the United States got 25% more expensive after the president's tweet.
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Vice President Pence heads to the U.K.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 3, 2019
One of the key talking points during the trip will be trade relations after Brexit.
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Trade whiplash costs businesses

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 15, 2019
Importers, shippers and American ports are struggling to stay on top of the ups and downs of the U.S.-China trade war.
Workers prepare a container at the port in Qingdao, China's eastern Shandong province, in earlier this year.
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Alibaba sees bridging the online and in-store experience as a way to spur growth

by Andy Uhler
Aug 14, 2019
The trade war with the U.S. and slowing economy in China pose difficulties at the moment.
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S&P 500 plunges in worst loss of year as trade war escalates

by Associated Press
Aug 5, 2019
It comes as the Chinese yuan dropped to its lowest level against the dollar in a decade.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 5.
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President Trump says he’ll put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports

by Associated Press
Aug 1, 2019
The increase comes on the heels of the 12th round of trade negotiations between the two countries.
A vendor picks up a 100 yuan note above a newspaper featuring a photo of US president-elect Donald Trump, at a news stand in Beijing on November 10, 2016.
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By rerouting goods, companies can avoid tariffs

by Erika Beras
Jun 26, 2019
Trans-shipping is a way to circumvent new tariffs on foreign goods.
Shipping containers from China and other nations are unloaded at the Port of Long Beach in California in February.
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The chips (makers) are down: Semiconductors suffer on trade tensions

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 14, 2019
The industry hoped things would pick up this year. The industry was wrong.
Semiconductors are pictured on a circuit board used in a Samsung video camera in San Jose, California.
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How tariff uncertainty trickles down to companies and consumers

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 13, 2019
The economy feels it when we don't know what's going to happen with tariffs and trade negotiations.
Tariffs are showing up in higher prices and some consumers are having to be strategic about their purchases. Above, a woman shops at a Walmart store in Rosemead, California in May.
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Can Mexico succeed in stopping Central American migration? What if it can't?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 10, 2019
Mexico pledged to disrupt human smuggling networks and patrol its own borders more closely.
People climb a section of border fence to look toward supporters in the U.S. as members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers arrive to a rally on April 29, 2018 in Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico.
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