International Trade and World Market
- ‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy - A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.
- Tankers Under Sanction Are Only a Subset of Fleet Moving Venezuelan Oil - The scope of President Trump’s blockade against ships carrying oil from Venezuela was not clear on Wednesday.
- A Seized Oil Tanker and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling - The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.
- Trump’s Tariffs Shrank the U.S. Trade Deficit in September - U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president’s global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall.
- Mexico Approves 50% Tariffs on Many Chinese Imports - The tariffs will apply to goods from China and other nations. Washington has been pressuring Mexico to move away from dealing with China.
- Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions - President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.
- Trump Insists Tariffs Will Buoy the Economy and Ease Cost Concerns - The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.
- Trump Plans $12 Billion Bailout to Aid Farmers Hit by Tariffs - The federal aid comes after China boycotted American farm products in retaliation for U.S. tariffs.
- China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism - China’s renminbi is lagging the currencies of key trading partners, making Chinese goods and services cheap and helping to drive exports.
- China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time - President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.