Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices
The cost to put food in cans remains high because manufacturers must still import steel from overseas. U.S. Steel plans to ...
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SMA says steel overcapacity remains a threat
A Steel Manufacturers Association staff member tells a government panel several nations are exporting steel their mills ...
Fox Business
Trump ramps up tariffs on European cars imported into US
President Donald Trump announced Friday he was raising tariffs on European cars to 25%, citing the European Union's noncompliance with the U.S.-EU trade deal. "I am pleased to announce that, based on ...
Reason
Have Trump's Tariffs Brought Manufacturing Jobs Back to America? New Study Says No.
When President Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs last year, he promised that the higher taxes would cause manufacturing jobs to "come roaring back into our country." And just last week ...
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Japan Asks Saudi Arabia for More Oil Supply
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday requested cooperation from the world's top crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, in expanding energy deliveries to Japan amid the ongoing supply crunch.
The Washington Post
Japan records 5th straight fiscal year of trade deficits as Trump's tariffs hit auto exports
TOKYO — Japan’s trade deficit was 1.7 trillion yen ($10.7 billion) in the fiscal year that ended in March, the government said Wednesday, the fifth straight fiscal year of deficits. Exports rose 4% ...
PBS
Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major change of its postwar pacifist policy
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and ...
Newsweek
Japan Scraps WW2 Arms Ban—and China Isn’t Pleased
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China says it is "gravely concerned" after Japan scrapped a ...
CNN
Japan opens door to global arms market with biggest export rule change in decades
Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons ...
Finance & Commerce
U.S. signals tariffs on Mexican steel, autos to remain
MEXICO CITY — U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has told Mexico’s auto and steel industries they should not expect the renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to remove President ...
NBC News
Major 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, prompting tsunami alerts
Residents of the affected region were urged to stay away from coastal areas, while tens of thousands of people were told to go to higher ground. Coverage on this live blog has ended. 'No abnormalities ...