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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will slap an additional 100% tariff on all Chinese imports starting November 1, on top of existing duties, while imposing sweeping export controls on “any and all critical software.” The…

Farmers during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, US in October. © The Gazette/AP

In the heart of the Midwest, where golden fields stretch toward the horizon under a crisp autumn sky, the hum of combines should signal prosperity. Instead, for America’s soybean farmers, harvest season has become a grim countdown to financial ruin.…

Windsor Castle: Donald Trump is expected to travel by helicopter to the royal residence © Charlie Bibby/FT

Donald Trump flies into Britain on Tuesday evening for a three-day state visit, with the US and UK promising to boost financial ties, including by exploring closer alignment of their capital markets. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wants to…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug.15, 2025. © Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said after his Aug. 15 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that progress made in the talks means that he will not immediately consider imposing additional tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil—but hinted…

New York might need to rely on dirty ‘peaker’ plants for longer than expected. © Bloomberg

NEW YORK — Manufacturing employment in New York State has plummeted by 45 percent since 2000, marking the steepest decline in the nation, according to a new analysis by software services firm ETQ. The report, which draws on data from…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a press conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. © Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump is imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on India, lifting the total rate to 50 percent. Trump, writing in an Aug. 6 executive order, said India’s government is “currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil.” “Accordingly,…

U.S. President Donald Trump announces Jerome Powell as his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. © REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

In an unfolding drama at the intersection of politics and economics, former President Donald Trump is poised to gain new influence over U.S. monetary policy. The early resignation of Fed Governor Adriana Kugler, a Biden appointee, has opened a vacancy on…

AI data computs in data center. © The New York Budgets

The build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is costing a fortune, straining companies and capital markets. In a summer earnings season dominated by eye-popping profits from Big Tech, investors and analysts have cheered what appears to be a golden age of artificial intelligence (AI)

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