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How high tensions between China and the U.S. are impacting American companies
By: David Gura | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Tensions between China and the U.S. are running high — and that’s leaving American companies having to carefully navigate their approach to a key player in… Read More
![Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22157519437556_custom-9b99c3cd343918c386f3afab877d33e6c02013e6-scaled-e1654544225400-900x422.jpg)
Biden allows solar panel imports while also moving to boost domestic production
By: Scott Detrow | Eric McDaniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Biden administration is ending its hands-off approach to a Commerce Department tariff investigation that has effectively frozen the solar power industry in the United States…. Read More
![President Joe Biden delivers an address with American flags behind him](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gettyimages-1267438518-083ce18096b46143dc7b9356c37f0d345d16d34e-scaled-e1647016687857-900x422.jpg)
Biden moves to revoke Russia’s trade relations status amid war in Ukraine
By: Alana Wise | NPR
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Updated March 11, 2022 at 11:10 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden on Friday announced that he will work with Congress on legislation to revoke Russia’s permanent normal… Read More
![Goodman’s family farms 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans in Fulton Co., KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jacob-Goodman-and-his-family-farm-about-4000-acres-of-corn-and-soybeans-in-Fulton-Co.-Kentucky.-e1549059139439-900x422.jpg)
Major Trade Agreements Have Ohio Farmers Expressing Optimism
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The U.S. has reached two major trade agreements with international partners in the past month, with the Trump administration pitching these deals as a way to ease the burden farmers… Read More
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Portman Wants to Crack Down on Chinese Subsidies in Next Trade Agreement
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) says the new trade deal with China will level the playing field with the U.S., but he urges trade negotiators to be firm as they… Read More
![This Amazon center is roughly the size of 28 football fields.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Amazon-Fulfillment-Center-by-J.-Tyler-Franklin-Louisville-Public-Media-120430-e1552147892976-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: What are the Differences Between NAFTA and the USMCA?
By: PBS Newshour
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The Senate has passed a new trade agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The USMCA, as it’s now called, is meant to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement,… Read More
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Ohio Valley Outlook: Expect A Slower Regional Economy In 2020
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Ohio Valley’s economy could see slower growth in 2020 amid continued anxiety about trade, and possible downturns in both energy and manufacturing, according to analyses and forecasts by regional… Read More
![A farmer operates a combine to harvest soybeans in Wyanet, Ill. Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019. It's the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/gettyimages-1177447126-1-bf0927ea28e63ea005839b3404096f3643c76458-scaled-e1577987541632-900x422.jpg)
Farmers Got Billions From Taxpayers In 2019, And Hardly Anyone Objected
By: Dan Charles | NPR
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Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — and most of the money came through a program that Congress never approved. It’s the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years.
![Chinese officials from left Ning Jizhe, Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission, Liao Min, Deputy Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs and Vice Minister of Finance, Zheng Zeguang, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs attend a press conference on the trade deal with the United States in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_19347565580544-e1576257865516-900x422.jpg)
U.S.-China Trade Deal Phase 1 Is Here; December Tariffs Are Scrapped
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
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China says the deal would cover intellectual property protections and currency manipulation, but no details have been released.
![Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and entrepreneur Andrew Yang talk during a break in the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap_19289105347121-e0d14f9808dab93f57102989cd9221a46f9ce13d-e1571931140948-900x422.jpg)
FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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Democratic presidential candidates have divergent world views on whether automation or trade policy is to blame for lost jobs.
![Goldfish, like these showcased at Tokyo's Nihonbashi Art Aquarium, have been bred in China over centuries, into forms so varied and rare that one can be worth hundreds of dollars.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gettyimages-545299396-15441ea0a1fd51d6cdf631e1909323cdc66147be-e1571238792436-900x422.jpg)
Fancy Pet Fish Among The Stranger Casualties Of The Trade War
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
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China is considered the motherland of aquarium goldfish, bred over centuries into rare forms. Now tariffs have some U.S. sellers of these goldfish in a tailspin.
![U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office at the White House October 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced a 'phase one' partial trade deal with China.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gettyimages-1180481137-9922e2beb4a1fc9219ba374d2035dbd8e7920ce3-e1570834252937-900x422.jpg)
Trump Announces Phase One Of Trade Deal With China
By: Uri Berliner | Jim Zarroli | Scott Horsley | NPR
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As part of the deal, the next round of 30% tariffs will not be imposed. More agriculture trade between the two countries is expected.
![The southern Chinese city of Dongguan is feeling the effects of the trade war with the U.S. Nicknamed the "workshop of the world," the city is a sprawling manufacturing hub of more than 8 million people.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jbm_1250-edit-50cf4e94b4612739f1cbef62206dc5b16f6ba73f-e1570722963449-900x422.jpg)
The Trade War Has Taken A Bite Out Of China’s Economy — But It’s Complicated
By: Jolie Myers | Ailsa Chang | Sam Gringlas | Mallory Yu | NPR
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China’s economic growth has been slowing down for years. Tariffs have contributed to slower growth since early 2018, when the economic standoff began, but it’s hard to pinpoint how much.
![Western KY farmer Tom Folz fears a prolonged trade war could push some farmers out of business.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8335-e1566652633305-900x422.jpg)
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his… Read More
![A woman stands outside a Buick showroom in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2016. China is imposing new tariffs on imported U.S. autos and auto parts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gettyimages-629896642-41ae666d0ccf8a54e850c1694ae1042f71a087bc-e1566568087208-900x422.jpg)
Trade War Heats Up Again As China Sets Tariffs On $75 Billion In U.S. Goods, Autos
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
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China says it will slap tariffs on autos and thousands of other U.S. goods. It’s an escalation of a trade war that has rippled through the world economy and raised U.S. recession fears.
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DeWine Slates 6-day Trade Mission to Japan for September
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine plans a trade mission to Japan next month. The Republican governor announced the six-day trip Wednesday. It will revolve around the Midwest… Read More
![An employee works at a wiring harness and cable assembly manufacturing company in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, that exports to the U.S. in 2017. The auto industry says threatened tariffs would play havoc with supply chains.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/rts149bt-335d9a8d5787f1bc4ec59b20a297af12abfe044d-e1559840353462-900x422.jpg)
Ohio To Juárez And Back Again: Why Tariffs On Mexico Alarm The Auto Industry
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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The U.S. auto industry opposes President Trump’s threatened tariffs on goods imported from Mexico. It says the taxes would increase the cost of vehicles and play havoc with supply chains.
!["I think Mexico will step up and do what they should have done," President Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a meeting with her at 10 Downing Street.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gettyimages-1147955679-29a2109af24087e987d4d24372f54ad1a724bdc8-e1559681996436-900x422.jpg)
Mexico Tariffs Likely To Take Effect Next Week, Trump Vows In London
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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The president said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that new economic restrictions would begin to bite, possibly even during negotiations between the two sides.
![The new U.S. tariffs list includes staples such as rice, along with clocks, watches and other items that weren't previously under threat of new duties. Here, farmers plant rice seeds at a seedlings pool in China's Jiangsu Province.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-1149015460-f966c3c72e5b46105ccf9487f1d3d51a19d2321d-e1557845415238-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Prepares Tariffs On Another $300 Billion Of Imported Chinese Goods
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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The U.S. Trade Representative published a list of Chinese goods that would be hit with new duties, from artists’ brushes to watches.
![Trucks wait to enter the United States at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 2, 2017. More than $1.6 billion in goods flow across the border each day.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/undefined-4347f8a6207c0c178f94244cc4165bcc034831ff-e1554221014659-900x422.jpg)
It’s Not Just Avocados. Closing Mexico Border Would Hit U.S. Auto Plants Too
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump has threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico in response to a large number of illegal crossings. A closure would likely hit a wide range of industries, from produce to autos.
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Distress Grows For Ohio Valley Farmers As Trade Deals Stall
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Kentucky Farmer Barry Alexander doesn’t have an answer on when the Trump administration will reach a trade deal with China, now a year into tariffs that have hamstrung some Ohio Valley… Read More
![A truck passes a stack of China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on July 5, 2018. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China hit a record $419.2 billion in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_18290549158076-359fd668805fb98908e8bf3445a2c3b66223c21e-e1551893991708-900x422.jpg)
Report: The Trade Deficit Is Only Getting Wider
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
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President Trump has pushed tariffs to cut the trade gap. But the United States bought more from other countries than it sold to them last year, pushing the deficit to a level not seen since 2008.
![U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators meeting in Washington, D.C. last week. Citing progress in the talks, President Trump said he would suspend a planning increase in tariffs on Chinese goods due to take effect on March 1.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-1126526926-e3844f0806974e94976edf08bf0b826579fce414-e1551112295247-900x422.jpg)
Trump Suspends China Tariff Hike, Citing Progress In Trade Talks
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump has suspended a planned increase in tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports, after what he called “very productive” trade talks in Washington this weekend.
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In Ohio Valley Visits, Trump Administration Pushes Policies Supporting Mining And Metals
By: Jeff Young | Becca Schimmel | Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In back-to-back events this week President Trump and his commerce secretary visited the Ohio Valley to tout administration policies aimed at propping up two of the region’s traditional but faltering… Read More
![President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appear in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16, 2017. On Friday, Trump announced he would double aluminum and steel tariffs on the NATO ally.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/gettyimages-683869332-7a0c067992867cbce2015c1c275d59004065c20f-e1533916012220-900x422.jpg)
Trump Doubles Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum From Turkey
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump called for a doubling in the tariff on imported steel and aluminum from Turkey, escalating a diplomatic spat with a key NATO ally.