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Cargo containers at a shipping terminal at the Port of Oakland, Aug. 6, 2025, Oakland, Calif.
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U.S. Trading Partners Scramble Worldwide as Sweeping New Tariffs Take Effect
It's been nearly 100 years since the U.S. had an overall import tax rate this high.
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A logo of Sony is seen at the headquarters of Sony Corp. on May 10, 2022, in Tokyo.
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Sony Raises Profit Forecast After Saying It Expects Less Damage from Tariffs
The company expects its profits and sales to offset the impact from unfavorable exchanges rates.
August 7, 2025
A humanoid robot works at the reception of a restaurant at the Robot Mall, said to be the world's first humanoid intelligent robot 4S store, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.
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China Opens All-Service Robot Store
Robots can be seen plucking boxes off a pharmacy shelf and serving drinks from behind a bar.
August 7, 2025
Shipping containers are loaded onto trucks at CSX Queensgate Rail Yard, May 7, 2025, Cincinnati.
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Exemption Allows Canadian, Mexican Goods to Be Shipped to U.S. Without Tariffs
Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement are excluded from the tariffs.
August 6, 2025
Shipping containers sit stacked at the Evergreen terminal at the port of Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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Tariffs Leave Lots of Losers, but Even the Winners Will Pay a Price
It's unclear whether anyone will be able to claim victory in the long run.
August 4, 2025
A person lights a candle during a vigil in front of El Teniente copper mine, operated by Codelco, where a cave-in killed six workers, halting operations in Rancagua, Chile, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
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Collapse at Chile's Major Copper Mine Kills 6 Workers
Authorities are investigating whether mining activity caused a nearby earthquake.
August 4, 2025
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A scavenger sorts out plastic waste at a dumpsite on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug 11, 2025.
One of the World's Most Polluted Cities Has Banned Single-Use Plastics
August 13, 2025
A car frame welded by robots at a Vinfast factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam, Sept. 29, 2023.
Vietnam Wants to Be the Next Asian Tiger
August 13, 2025
Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 before the second segment of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2).
U.S. at Plastics Treaty Talks Is Rare International Participation Under Trump
August 8, 2025
Clearance home appliances are displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025.
What U.S. Consumers Can Expect from New Tariffs on Imported Goods
August 8, 2025
Strikers stand in front of the Birtat factory in Murr, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.
Strike at Kebab Factory Threatens Price Increases, Shortages
August 7, 2025
Chair of the International Negotiating Committee Luis Vayas Valdivieso delivers remarks at the European headquarters of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 5, 2025.
Nations Gather in Geneva to Again Confront the World's Spiraling Plastic Pollution Crisis
August 5, 2025
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, JS Kumano, a Mogami-class frigate is seen in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on April 23, 2025.
Australia Selects Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $6.5B Warship Deal
August 5, 2025
A heavy machine drives past shipping containers stacked at a depo, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
U.S. Tariffs Put 30,000 South African Jobs at Risk, Officials Say
August 4, 2025
A Vinfast VF 7 electric vehicle model is seen at the plant in Thoothukudi, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.
Vietnam Automaker Vinfast Opens Factory in India, Eyeing Growth in Asia
August 4, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a Dragon capsule with a U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral , Fla., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
Astronauts Launch to the Space Station After Sidelined by Boeing's Troubled Starliner
August 1, 2025
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Pakistan, U.S. Reach Trade Agreement to Develop Oil Reserves, Reduce Tariffs
July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington.
Trump Announces 90-Day Negotiating Period with Mexico, 25% Tariff Rates Stay in Place
July 31, 2025
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August 11, 2025
In this long exposure photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., late Sunday, July 23, 2023.
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Chinese Researchers Suggest Lasers, Sabotage to Counter Musk’s Starlink Satellites
Chinese government have published dozens of papers exploring ways to destroy Musk’s satellites.
July 31, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference after the trade talks between the U.S. and China in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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Tariff Talks Between U.S., China Left in Limbo
An extension to the deadline for higher tariffs was discussed but not decided.
July 30, 2025
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Yokohama, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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Nissan Racks Up Red Ink
The Japanese automaker promised a return to profit later this year.
July 30, 2025
A businessman walks past a corporate logo of Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp. at Panasonic Center in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 10, 2009.
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Former Boeing Exec to Become New Chief at Panasonic Group Company
Kenneth William Sain will take over as Panasonic Connect's president and chief executive.
July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Announces 25% Tariff on India, Unspecified Penalties for Buying Russian Energy
The announcement comes after negotiated frameworks with the EU, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
July 30, 2025
Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane.
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Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane Set for Eighth Mission
Since its inaugural launch in 2010, the spaceplane has spent more than 4,200 days in space.
July 28, 2025
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak as they meet at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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U.S.-EU Deal Sets 15% Tariff on Most Goods, Averts Threat of Trade War
Both sides also agreed to "zero for zero tariffs on a number of strategic products."
July 28, 2025
Mechanical engineering professor Dan Negrut poses with a space rover used for testing.
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Robotic Space Rovers Keep Getting Stuck
But UW engineers have figured out why.
July 28, 2025
Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, center left, gestures as he greets Chinese vice prime minister He Lifeng, center, at Rosenbad before trade talks between the US and China in Stockholm, Sweden, July 28, 2025.
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U.S., China Officials Meet in Stockholm to Discuss How to Ease Trade Tensions
The meeting is set to extend a 90-day pause on Chinese tariffs.
July 28, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Washington. The President is traveling to Scotland.
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Trump Says Japan Will Invest $550B in U.S. at His Direction; It May Not Be a Sure Thing
The administration said the fund would support critical minerals, computer chips and shipbuilding.
July 28, 2025
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant.
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370-Million Mile Hail Mary Saves Camera Aboard NASA’s Jupiter Orbiter
To date, the solar-powered spacecraft has orbited Jupiter 74 times.
July 24, 2025
L3Harris Technologies Integrated Mission Systems President Jon Rambeau and ELT Group CEO and COO Domitilla Benigni take part in a ceremonial signing to formalize a new strategic partnership to establish a multi-sensor test facility for commercial, military and government programs.
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L3Harris, ELT Group to Establish Multi-Sensor Test Facility in Italy
Companies come together to create an in-country center of excellence for allied nations.
July 24, 2025
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U.S. Automakers Say Trump's 15% Tariff Deal with Japan Puts Them at Disadvantage
The reaction reveals the challenge of enforcing policies across the world economy.
July 23, 2025
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, which reads, 'U.S., a 15% tax on goods imported from Japan,' July 23, 2025, Tokyo.
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Trump Says Trade Deal with Japan Would Impose 15% Tariff
He had threatened a 25% tariff in a letter earlier this month.
July 23, 2025