Ana Swanson

Washington, D.C., United States

Domestic Correspondent at The New York Times

I write about trade and international economics for the New York Times, formerly WaPo. 'A special kind of nerd'

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Articles

How China and the E.U. Are Reacting to Trump's Tariffs

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Ana Swanson |Keith Bradsher |Jeanna Smialek |Christina Shaman |Melanie Bencosme |Ruru Kuo
US Officials Target Nvidia and DeepSeek Amid Fears of China's A.I. Progress

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tripp Mickle |Ana Swanson |Meaghan Tobin |Cade Metz

China's success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing's progress in the industry. Two months after DeepSeek, China's artificial intelligence star, rattled Washington and shook Wall Street, U.S. officials are taking steps to crack down on the Chinese start-up and its support from America's leading chip maker, Nvidia. The Trump administration this week moved to restrict Nvidia's sale of A.I. chips to China.
Washington takes aim at DeepSeek and its US chip supplier, Nvidia

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Tripp Mickle |Ana Swanson |Meaghan Tobin |Cade Metz |NYT Business

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two months after DeepSeek, China’s artificial intelligence star, rattled Washington and shook Wall Street, U.S. officials are taking steps to crack down on the Chinese startup and its support from America’s leading chipmaker, Nvidia. The Trump administration this week moved to restrict Nvidia’s sale of AI chips to China.
Trump indica possibilidade de tarifas sobre chips de computador e medicamentos

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ana Swanson |Tony Romm
Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon'

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ana Swanson |Tony Romm

Mr. Trump has abruptly raised and lowered many tariff rates over the past week, roiling financial markets and changing the stakes for companies globally. The president announced a program of global, "reciprocal" tariffs on April 2, including high levies on countries that make many electronics, like Vietnam. But after turmoil in the bond market, he paused those global tariffs for 90 days so his government could carry out trade negotiations with other countries.
Trump signals new tariffs on chips, calling electronics exclusions temporary

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Tony Romm |Ana Swanson |Tripp Mickle |NYT Business

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signaled Sunday that he would pursue new tariffs on the powerful computer chips inside smartphones and other technologies, just two days after his administration excluded a variety of electronics from the steep import taxes recently applied on goods arriving from China.
A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ana Swanson |Ben Casselman

The Trump administration is in a standoff with the Chinese government as trade tensions escalate, leaving U.S. businesses in the cross hairsPresident Trump abruptly paused his "reciprocal" tariffs on most countries last week but has rapidly ratcheted up the rate on Chinese products. Credit...
Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tripp Mickle |Ana Swanson

After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday that spared smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics from some of the fees, in a significant break for tech companies like Apple and Dell and the prices of iPhones and other consumer electronics.
Trump Seeks to Turn Border Land Into 'Military Installation'

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tripp Mickle |Ana Swanson

Image Border policy: President Trump announced a plan on Friday to turn a narrow strip along the Mexican border in California, Arizona and New Mexico into a military installation as part of his effort to curtail illegal crossings. The plan, set out in a White House memorandum, calls for transferring authority over the 60-foot-wide strip of federal border land known as the Roosevelt Reservation from other cabinet agencies to the Defense Department.
‘Totally silly.’ Trump’s focus on trade deficit bewilders economists.

1 week ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Ana Swanson

By Ana SwansonBehind President Donald Trump’s decision to hit some of America’s largest trading partners with stiff tariffs is his fixation on the trade deficit that the United States runs with other nations. But many economists say that is a poor metric for judging the quality of a trade relationship.