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President Trump arrives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, July 30, 2025.
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Trump Injects New Dose of Tariff Uncertainty as He Pushes Back Start Date
The order sets rates for 66 countries, the 27-member European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands.
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Pakistan, U.S. Reach Trade Agreement to Develop Oil Reserves, Reduce Tariffs
The country's reserves are believed to be in an insurgency-hit province.
July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Announces 90-Day Negotiating Period with Mexico, 25% Tariff Rates Stay in Place
Trump had recently threatened 30% tariffs on Mexican goods.
July 31, 2025
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, stands with President Donald Trump during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., March 7, 2020.
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Trump Signs Order to Justify 50% Tariffs on Brazil
The order would apply an additional 40% tariff on the baseline 10% tariff already being levied.
July 31, 2025
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A List of the Trade Deals the U.S. Has Announced So Far
President Trump's latest tariff deadline is approaching.
July 30, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference after the trade talks between the U.S. and China in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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Tariff Talks Between U.S., China Left in Limbo
An extension to the deadline for higher tariffs was discussed but not decided.
July 30, 2025
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President Donald Trump, right, speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on India, Unspecified Penalties for Buying Russian Energy
July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak as they meet at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025.
U.S.-EU Deal Sets 15% Tariff on Most Goods, Averts Threat of Trade War
July 28, 2025
Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, center left, gestures as he greets Chinese vice prime minister He Lifeng, center, at Rosenbad before trade talks between the US and China in Stockholm, Sweden, July 28, 2025.
U.S., China Officials Meet in Stockholm to Discuss How to Ease Trade Tensions
July 28, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Washington. The President is traveling to Scotland.
Trump Says Japan Will Invest $550B in U.S. at His Direction; It May Not Be a Sure Thing
July 28, 2025
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July 23, 2025
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, which reads, 'U.S., a 15% tax on goods imported from Japan,' July 23, 2025, Tokyo.
Trump Says Trade Deal with Japan Would Impose 15% Tariff
July 23, 2025
A visitor looks at Quantum-X800 infiniBand networking platform at the Nvidia booth during the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center, in Beijing, China, Friday, July 18, 2025.
China Pledges to Crack Down on Illicit Exports of Rare Earths
July 18, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Joint Base Andrews, July 15, 2025.
Trump to Put Tariffs of Over 10% on Smaller Nations, Including Those in Africa and the Caribbean
July 16, 2025
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic arrives for a meeting of EU trade ministers at the European Council building, Brussels, May 15, 2025.
EU Ministers Plan Countermeasures to Trump's 'Unacceptable' Tariffs
July 15, 2025
Earth movers transport soil at a construction site in Beijing, July 11, 2025.
China's Exports Jump as Tariffs Reprieve Prompts Rush of Orders
July 15, 2025
President Donald Trump and Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen before the start of a plenary session of the NATO Heads of State and Government summit, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.
Trump Announces 30% Tariffs Against EU, Mexico
July 14, 2025
Protesters wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Jair Bolsonaro as a prisoner, protest Trump's announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Brazil Vows Retaliatory Tariffs Against U.S. if Trump Follows Through on 50% Import Taxes
July 11, 2025
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July 31, 2025
Vehicles for export parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 8, 2025.
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Trump's Trade Blitz Produces Few Deals, Lots of Uncertainty
The White House trade adviser had predicted "90 deals in 90 days."
July 9, 2025
Shoppers shop electric rice cookers imported from Japan and Korea at the H Mart in Niles, Ill., April 3, 2025.
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Trump Sets 25% Tariffs on Japan and South Korea, New Import Taxes on 12 Other Nations
His letters signaled that the drama and uncertainty surrounding tariffs would likely continue.
July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, May 23, 2025, in Washington.
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Analysis Shows Trump's Tariffs Would Cost U.S. Employers $82.3 Billion
The findings contradict claims that foreign manufacturers would absorb the costs of the tariffs.
July 7, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington.
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Trade Deal Pressure Ramps Before Wednesday Deadline
Trump's trade deadline showdown: Will nations fold or face steep tariffs?
July 7, 2025
A worker walks by a display board showing the Chongqing Railway Hub for the One Belt One Road project, at the Chongqing Railway Container Terminal Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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Photos of Busy Ports on Yangtze River Emerge After China-U.S. Trade Friction Cools
Top exports include electronics, machinery and electric vehicles.
June 27, 2025
Trucks loaded with container move through a container terminal port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.
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Trump Says U.S. Has Signed Deal With China on Trade
It is unclear if the latest agreement was different from the one Trump announced two weeks earlier.
June 27, 2025
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney at a press conference on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, June 19, 2025.
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Canadian Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Could Rise Depending on Trade Talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to impose new tariffs next month — depending on how talks progress.
June 20, 2025
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Tariffs Tank U.S. Manufacturing Outlook While China Grows, Report Says
"Tariffs have put a damper on what was expected to be a good year for global manufacturing."
June 16, 2025
Piles of earth are seen in Ganzhou in southern China's Jiangxi province on March 19, 2025.
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Critical Minerals Give China an Edge in Trade Negotiations
China has spent decades building an industrial chain for mining and materials.
June 12, 2025
The Lancaster House, where the trade talks between the U.S. and China are taking place, London, June 9, 2025.
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U.S., China Agree on Framework to Resolve Trade Disputes
Negotiations are back on track after a series of disputes threatened to derail them.
June 11, 2025
A car drives through a desert where a signboard which reads 'Welcome to the Hotan Unity New Village' is seen on display in Hotan, in western China's Xinjiang region on Sept. 21, 2018.
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Trump Says U.S. to Get Rare Earth Minerals from China in Trade Deal
The tariffs on Chinese goods are also reportedly on the rise.
June 11, 2025
Trucks loaded with container move through a container terminal port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.
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China Says Its Exports to U.S. Fell 35% in May
A new round of trade talks are set to begin in London.
June 9, 2025
The 'Cosco Shipping France' container ship is moored at the Long Beach Container Terminal, LBCT, at Middle Harbor in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., , April 15, 2025.
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U.S., Europe Negotiators Say Progress but No Breakthroughs on Tariff Talks
The EU has offered the U.S. a "zero for zero" deal.
June 5, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.
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What We Know About Trump's Promise to Hike Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%
Economists warn that the latest tariffs will squeeze the wallets of companies and shoppers alike.
June 4, 2025