Year: 2025

Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output.

The Saudi-led cartel said its members would start gradually pumping more oil in April.

In a sign it is willing to go further in responding to President Trump’s tariffs, Beijing blocked more American companies from importing goods into China.

Beijing imposed broad tariffs on imports of American food and said that 15 U.S. companies could no longer buy from China without special permission.

President Trump imposed hefty tariffs on the United States’ largest trading partners on Tuesday, roiling global relations and sending shock waves through industries that depend on trade.