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2 weeks ago | tech.co | Adam Rowe |IDG Connect

It’s been a big week for tariff news. Starting last Wednesday, the Trump administration levvied a huge number of the tax hikes, in ranges starting from a baseline 10% for all countries to the eye-watering, just-announced 125% tariff on Chinese imports. Some of the tariffs have just been paused for a 90-day period of trade talks, but there’s no indication that any of them are actually going away soon, and many of them could easily increase in response to other countries’ retaliatory tariffs.

2 weeks ago | tech.co | Adam Rowe |IDG Connect

President Trump has just backed down (somewhat) from his market-shattering new tariffs: He has just issued a 90-day pause on most of them. Major economic rival China is not among the nations getting a stay of judgement, however, and Trump has just revealed the highest tax hike yet on Chinese imports. It now stands at a troubling 125%. The news could be taken as an indication that Trump will respond to pushback against his widely disliked tariffs. However, the pause will only last 90 days.

2 weeks ago | tech.co | Conor Cawley

Mistrust is rampant when it comes to generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, with a new study finding that 94% of CEOs suspect employees are using them without company approval. The speed with which AI has evolved over the last few years has been a huge boon for businesses that want to streamline productivity. However, with employees getting more and more familiar with the technology, the lines between improving productivity and shirking responsibility has been seriously blurred.

2 weeks ago | tech.co | Conor Cawley

Trucker safety has taken a back seat in the Trump administration, with the agency in charge of investigating potentially unsafe companies performing noticeably fewer enforcements of state and federal regulations. The trucking industry faces a lot of problems in 2025, from a shortage of young drivers to the threat of automation on jobs.

3 weeks ago | tech.co | Adam Rowe |IDG Connect

Across 2018 and 2019, the first Trump administration’s tariffs impacted around $380 billion worth of products. The second time around, however, the administration has already levvied duties against products worth north of $1.4 trillion as of this April… just months into a second term.