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Brazil Created Its Own Digital Payment System. Trump Says It Hurts U.S. Businesses.

Digital payment system PIX has won the hearts of millions of Brazilians, and the ire of the Trump administration.

Benzinga · Nov 9, 2025

In Bid To Save Shipyards, US Set To Charge Fees On Chinese Ships

An escalating trade war between China and the United States faces another flashpoint Tuesday when Chinese ships will be required to start paying a special fee to dock at US ports.

International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025

US delays gaming GPU tariffs (again) — gamers get three more months of breathing room

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has once again kicked the can down the road on reinstating a 25% tariff on graphics cards and related PC hardware imported from China.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 29, 2025

Time To Fight For America's IP Rights To Maintain Technological Edge

From cancer therapies to clean energy breakthroughs, the fruits of American innovation are transforming lives. But around the world, our strategic competitors are chipping away at the very framework that makes this possible -- intellectual property (IP) rights.

International Business Times · Apr 23, 2025

US forges ahead with plans for steep port fees on China-built vessels

New rules part of effort to revive US shipbuilding, but penalties scaled back after warnings about impact on consumers

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025

Trump administration announces fees on Chinese-built vessels at US ports

The Trump administration announced new fees on Chinese-built vessels on Thursday, stating that the move aims to "begin to reverse Chinese dominance, address threats to the US supply chain, and send a demand signal for US-built ships."

Euronews · Apr 18, 2025

Terrible timing and huge uncertainty: how ports and shipping are handling tariff turmoil

As they reel from Trump’s policies, companies say volatile freight costs and congestion are now the norm

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025

Supreme court orders Trump to return Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador to US – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Apr 10, 2025

Trump’s tariff formula ‘was rigged’ to get higher rates— and it used the wrong value for one of its variables, conservative think tank says

“What’s driving the policy is that since the 1980s Trump has been a protectionist, and he thinks trade deficits are losses and trade surpluses are profits,” AEI’s Stan Veuger told Fortune.

Fortune · Apr 8, 2025

Fact check: Trump’s misleading tariff chart - Roll Call

Economists say Trump's 'reciprocal' tariffs appear to be 'some other made-up measure based on a formulaic trade deficit calculation.'

Roll Call · Apr 4, 2025