Art Raymond

Salt Lake City

Art Raymond covers technology and advanced industries issues for the Deseret News. Got a story idea? Email [email protected]

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Utah exports topped $18B last year, supported 70K jobs

5 days ago | finance.yahoo.com | Art Raymond

Semi-trucks drive through the Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News Utah has been an overachiever for years when it comes to the state’s volume of import/export business and a new report finds international trade continues to be among the major drivers behind one of the country’s leading economies.
Here’s what’s on first Chinese ships arriving in U.S. subject to Trump’s 145% tariff

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Art Raymond

On the cusp of U.S.-China trade talks scheduled to take place this weekend in Switzerland, President Donald Trump took to social media Friday morning with a suggestion that he’s OK with lowering the levy on Chinese goods. The trade banter comes as the first freight ships carrying Chinese goods subject to the current 145% tariff arrive at U.S. ports.
What does the U.S. get out of the new trade deal with the UK?

6 days ago | deseret.com | Art Raymond

President Trump announced a new trade deal with the UK on Thursday. While short on details, the agreement will impact automobiles, agriculture, steel and more. Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer say the pact will protect jobs in both countries. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a newly minted trade deal with the United Kingdom, the first since he announced, then paused, a sweeping array of new international trade tariffs in early April.
Trump says new UK trade deal worth $5 billion to U.S. export economy

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Art Raymond

President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a newly minted trade deal with the United Kingdom, the first since he announced, then paused, a sweeping array of new international trade tariffs in early April. While details of the new agreement were sparse, Trump said negotiations led to a “great deal for both parties” that will open up new markets for U.S. companies while protecting both British and American workers.
What Trump’s former secretary of state says about his tariff plans

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Art Raymond

Longtime public servant and former Congressman Mike Pompeo once warned voters in his home state of Kansas that electing Donald Trump president in 2016 would only serve to continue the “authoritarian” rule of then-President Barack Obama. But Pompeo, who had endorsed then-Florida Sen.
Here's why recovery support is so important for the journey back from addiction

1 week ago | deseret.com | Art Raymond

A well-known unattributed quote notes that you don't get over an addiction by stopping using but rather by creating a new life where it is easier to not use. And if you don't create that new life, then all the factors that brought you to your addiction will catch up with you again.
National security risk? Trump proposes tariff on foreign made films

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Art Raymond

In a Sunday posting to Truth Social, President Donald Trump suggested subsidies paid by other countries to lure film and TV production projects represent a national security threat and directed the U.S. Commerce Department to pursue a new, 100% tariff on foreign-made films. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” Trump wrote. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States.
Ryan Smith, longtime business partner launch $1B investment fund

1 week ago | ksl.com | Art Raymond

SALT LAKE CITY — The long-running relationship between Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney, general partner at Bay Area venture capital giant Accel, isn't hard to pick up on when you speak to the two 40-something tech veterans together.
Utah Jazz owner, investment partner using sports to propel new tech firms

1 week ago | deseret.com | Art Raymond

The long-running relationship between Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney, general partner at Bay Area venture capital giant Accel, isn't hard to pick up on when you speak to the two 40-something tech veterans together.
U.S. job growth in April exceeds expectations despite tariff worries

1 week ago | deseret.com | Art Raymond

The latest Labor Department report shows U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April. National unemployment held steady at 4.2%. April job growth blew past estimates that were tempered by ongoing tariff uncertainty. Job growth remained robust in April, blowing past predictions in spite of swirling economic worries and widespread business sector uncertainty driven by weeks of erratic U.S. international trade policy actions.