Tariffs

How one factory in China learned to live with Trump, US tariffs and turmoil

Economists and industry executives expect the US president’s visit to extend a detente between the two rivals

A steel worker stands amid sparks of raw iron coming from a blast furnace at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, Nov 5, 2025.

US set to roll out tiered tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

Tariffs will be shifted from content to the full value of the imported product

Toyota has announced plans to invest US$10 billion in the US over the next five years but only offered details on about US$2 billion.

Automakers plan billions in US investments but seek clear trade rules

Uncertainty about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is delaying investment decisions

Canada struck a tariff deal with China in January that allows China to export electric vehicles to Canada at a much lower tariff rate, with an initial quota of 49,000 vehicles in 12 months.

Chinese cars can’t cross from Canada to US, Trump’s envoy says

THE US won’t allow Chinese electric cars from Canada to enter its market, President Donald Trump’s ambassador in Ottawa said, after a January deal in which Prime Minister Mark Carney lowered tariffs o...

ICC secretary-general John Denton says that restoring the WTO’s digital trade moratorium must be an immediate priority.

WTO talks end with no deal to extend e-commerce tariff ban

Without an agreement, the prohibition expires at the end of March

The US consumer now pays about a third of the cost and over the longer term, this share could rise to over half as US firms exhaust their ability to absorb costs, the ECB said.

US consumers, importers take biggest hit from tariffs, ECB study finds

Study shows exporters to the US are absorbing only a small fraction of higher tariff-related costs

Workers on the production line for smartphones at the Oppo factory in Dongguan, China, Feb 27, 2026.

US urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat

USTR has already rejected one proposal for reforming the WTO

Since 1998, WTO members have agreed not to impose customs duties on electronic transmissions – the bits and bytes of the digital economy.

WTO Ministerial Conference 14: A tipping point for Singapore’s digital economy

The business community is looking for concrete progress on two digital trade issues – to keep innovation thriving

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced on Wednesday (Mar 11) that his office would begin a probe into more than a dozen major economies under Section 301

China, Singapore among economies under US trade probe; MTI disputes US trade surplus claim

The administration is planning another investigation related to a ban on imports made with forced labour

The lawsuit, filed by a Costco shopper in federal court in Illinois, seeks a declaration that the company must return to customers any refunds it receives for tariffs

Costco customers sue for share of refunds from Trump tariffs

The Supreme Court ruled on Feb 20 that Trump overstepped his authority when imposing tariffs