Instead of battling over tariffs, Washington and Beijing have turned to a potentially far more harmful strategy: flexing their control over global supply chains.
Author: Ana Swanson
U.S. Pauses Exports of Airplane and Semiconductor Technology to China
President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.
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The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.
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Trump Shifts From Lifting Up America’s Neighbors to Hurting Them
President Trump’s stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada could push those allies into recession. The impact for America could be messy.
Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance
The stiff tariffs President Trump briefly imposed on Mexico and Canada this week could have pushed those allies into recession. The impact for America would be messy.
Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the president himself.
Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale
With less than a month in office, the president has pursued trade actions that could shatter the global trading system and dwarf the trade measures he took over his entire first term.