Lazaro Gamio

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lazaro Gamio |Pablo Robles

The escalating trade war between the United States and China has created deep uncertainty for U.S. companies that rely on Chinese suppliers. Retaliations in recent days by the two countries have resulted in huge average tax rates on their each other's imports, with tariffs often costing more than the price of the goods themselves. But because of an ever-changing patchwork of trade rules, not every product will be charged an astronomical tariff, trade lawyers, customs brokers and importers say.

2 weeks ago | news.nestia.com | Lazaro Gamio |Samuel Granados |Lauren Leatherby

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lazaro Gamio |Samuel Granados |Lauren Leatherby

For now, most world leaders are trying to bargain their way out of the sweeping new American tariffs. Just two of the 20 largest exporters to the United States have countered them with new tariffs of their own. One was China, which said Friday that it would impose a 34 percent import tax on products coming from the United States. That prompted escalation from the Trump administration: Rescind the tax, it warned, or American tariffs on China would go up another 50 percent.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Schmidt |Matthew Cullen |Lazaro Gamio

Since returning to office, President Trump’s campaign to exact revenge against his foes has turned out to be far more expansive, creative, efficient — and less reliant on the justice system — than anticipated. Here's a breakdown of what he's done. Mr. Trump revoked the security clearances of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., as well as a number of members of his administration and other prominent Democrats. Joseph R.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lazaro Gamio

President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs that included actions on dozens of countries at very high levels.