AP Spotlight 'Nowhere to turn': Small businesses dependent on imports from China feel more desperate MAE ANDERSON Associated Press Apr 30, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Updated Nov 2, 2025 0 × A tea shop in a Michigan college town is caught in the middle of the ongoing tariff fight between the United States and China. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. 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Business Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs JOSH BOAK and ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press
Business Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential move WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and JOSH BOAK Associated Press
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Parenting Strollers and other baby products will get more expensive — and harder to find — with tariffs DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer
Travel Trump's tariffs could be tough to crack for a German nutcracker maker focused on the US GEIR MOULSON and MARKUS SCHREIBER Associated Press
US economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt business The economy was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before President Trump imposed …
Climate change is making coffee more expensive. Tariffs likely will too Premium coffee roasters in the U.S. are reeling from the sharp price increases of coffee beans, which nearly doubled last year after record dr…
Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying US movie industry is dying In a post Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized a 100% tariff "on any and all Movies" coming into the U.S. that ar…
Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city.
Tariffs can’t ‘make tea great again’ in US, Michigan tea business owner says A tea shop in a Michigan college town is caught in the middle of the ongoing tariff fight between the United States and China.
