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2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Ross Sorkin |Edmund Lee |Bernhard Warner |Sarah Kessler |Lauren Hirsch |Danielle Kaye | +1 more

Investors in American government debt are getting antsy. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond passed 5 percent on Wednesday, with traders seemingly spooked over a Republican budget bill that could push U.S. fiscal debt into record territory. President Trump made no mention of that on Tuesday during his trip to Capitol Hill to whip up votes for the legislation. A reminder of the stakes: The bill could be key to Trump's domestic agenda, and would determine fiscal policy for years.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Ross Sorkin |Ravi Mattu |Bernhard Warner |Sarah Kessler |Lauren Hirsch |Edmund Lee | +1 more

At a rally in Michigan last night, President Trump declared that " we're ending the inflation nightmare." But corporate chiefs are bracing for the opposite, revealing a split-screen view of the future that has sharpened as trade uncertainty grows. Companies have warned for weeks that tariffs could scramble supply chains, force them to tear up their financial outlooks and raise prices.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Grady McGregor

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. companies that have come to rely on Vietnam's factories, like Apple and Nike, are in a bind because of Trump's tariffs. During President Trump's first U.S.-China trade war in 2018, American companies flocked to Vietnam to sidestep escalating tariffs, and the country became increasingly critical to their bottom lines. But in Mr. Trump's escalating trade fight across the globe, Vietnam has become a new target.

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Grady McGregor

Face-Off: U.S. vs. ChinaA podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all. In a special bonus episode recorded live at the Asia Society, host Jane Perlez speaks with journalist and scholar Orville Schell about his 50 years covering Chinese leaders and their American counterparts. They attempt to answer the question: how did we get here?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Ross Sorkin |Ravi Mattu |Bernhard Warner |Sarah Kessler |Lauren Hirsch |Edmund Lee | +1 more

President Trump's tariff week has arrived, and the world is none the wiser about what to expect. Among the unknowns: Who will get hit, and by how much? Tariff tensions have fueled a $5 trillion stock market sell-off over the past six weeks, and Goldman Sachs economists have just raised their odds of a recession to 35 percent, warning that duties could sock global trade and raise inflation.