The duties, which the president announced last week, took effect for about 90 countries just after midnight.
Tag: United States Politics and Government
Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky
If the meeting goes ahead as President Trump described, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.
U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs
Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.
Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.
How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role
The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.
How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role
The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.
Trump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade
President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesotho
The closure of a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho is an early effect of the global disruption caused by President Trump’s tariffs. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, talks with Katrin Bennhold, a s…
Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “propaganda show.”
Trump Taps Climate Skeptics to Attack Science on Global Warming
The agency asked five climate skeptics to write a report criticizing the consensus on global warming. Scientists are pointing out its errors.