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In a late-night development Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released guidance clarifying that smartphones, laptops, and other core tech components will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s new 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, offering critical relief to major U.S. tech firms like Apple. The decision comes just weeks after …

In a dramatic escalation of the U.S.–China trade war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Tuesday that the United States will impose a 104% tariff on all goods imported from China, effective 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. The move follows through on President Donald Trump’s warning issued Monday on …

President Donald Trump on Monday issued a sharp warning to China, threatening to impose an additional 50% tariff on all Chinese imports if the country does not withdraw its planned 34% retaliatory import tax on American goods. The warning, delivered via Trump’s Truth Social account, marks a dramatic escalation in …

President Donald Trump has moved forward with sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico, marking a major escalation in global trade tensions. The U.S. will begin collecting a 25% tariff on most goods and a 10% levy on Canadian energy products, while also increasing tariffs on Chinese …

Just hours after President Donald Trump signed executive orders imposing tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, the three nations fired back with promises of retaliation, signaling a new chapter of economic and diplomatic turbulence. The sweeping tariffs—25% on Mexican and Canadian imports (excluding Canadian energy products, which will …

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China starting Saturday, a move that could significantly impact U.S. consumers and businesses by driving up prices on key goods. The White House confirmed that goods from Canada and Mexico will face a …

Jimmy Williams President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday his intention to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China as a key part of his upcoming administration’s trade policy. The proposal could significantly disrupt international trade and potentially violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a major economic pact established during …

Jimmy Williams Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bibles, priced at $59.99, were printed in China, a country the former president frequently criticizes for unfair trade practices and “stealing American jobs.” Global trade records show that nearly 120,000 Bibles were shipped from Hangzhou, China, to the U.S. earlier this year, …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leading Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday in what was portrayed by both sides as an effort to ease increasingly dangerous tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers. Blinken met with Xi for roughly 35 …

The U.S. military shot down a high altitude object over Canada’s Yukon territory on Saturday, the latest in a series of incidents involving objects being shot out of the sky. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he ordered the takedown of “an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.” The …

The Pentagon on Friday confirmed that the U.S. military shot down an unidentified “object” tens of thousands of feet over Alaska, less than a week after an F-22 fighter jet downed a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, …

Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder U.S. House Republicans wrapped up their first week in the majority Thursday by passing with bipartisan support a bill to prohibit the Energy Department from selling the nation’s stockpile of crude oil to China or affiliated entities. The bill, written by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other members of Congress landed in Taiwan late on Tuesday for a much-anticipated visit that prompted China’s military to announce “targeted” military operations in the seas and airspace surrounding the island. Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to visit Taiwan since then-Speaker Newt …

Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t confirmed when – or even if – she is to visit Taiwan. Yet such is the sensitivity over the island’s status that reports of her possible trip have resulted in a warning by China of “serious consequences” …

The House of Representatives passed the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521) on Friday by a vote of 222-210 predominantly along party lines. The bill aims to invest in domestic research and manufacturing to enhance the country’s global …