A logo of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) displayed on a smartphone screen Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The Trump administration is pushing Taipei to shift investment and chip production to the U.S. so that half of America’s chips are manufactured domestically, in a move that could have implications for Taiwan’s…
In an aerial view, trucks line up to enter a shipping berth at the Port of Oakland on Aug. 26, 2025 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday night stateside that he would impose a 25% tariff on imported heavy trucks from Oct. 1, part of his broader…
The Panama Canal Authority is aiming to lure back lost energy trade with changes to its booking system for LNG tanker canal transits, and with a new natural gas liquids pipeline project offering energy and tanker companies an alternative to move the natural gas commodities across the critical global shipping gateway. Ricaurte Vásquez, administrator of…
Newly manufactured cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2025. Issei Kato | Reuters Japan’s exports contracted less than expected in August as shipments to its largest trading region — Asia — rebounded, though the overall growth stayed negative for a fourth straight month. Japanese shipments fell…
A protest banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at Incheon International Airport in South Korea, on September 12, 2025, after the touchdown of a plane holding hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained as part of a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia. Anthony Wallace | Afp | Getty Images U.S….
After a historic drought that paralyzed vessel transits through the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority is moving ahead with major investments in new infrastructure to mitigate future droughts and the risk of low water levels that in recent years plagued the key global trade gateway. The Panama Canal depends on fresh water for its…
A model from Swiss watchmaker Swatch named “WHAT IF…TARIFFS?” with the numbers 3 and 9 reversed on its face, as a play on the 39% import tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump slapped on Switzerland last month, is pictured on wrist at a Swatch shop in Geneva, Switzerland, September 12, 2025. Pierre Albouy | Reuters…
A top loader moves a container at the Fenix Marine Services terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Typically, this is the time of year when shipments into the U.S. are peaking ahead of the holidays, but 2025 is…
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith said Tuesday he would “respond accordingly” if President Donald Trump’s levies are overturned by the Supreme Court, but stopped short of pledging to move them through Congress. The Republican from Missouri said he has worked with the Trump administration “hand in glove” on tariffs, and he himself…
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One on September 7, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The United States government has already collected tens of billions of dollars from President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs.” But that money — and a lot more — could end…
