• October 7 2025
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• September 30 2025
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  Latest levies to rise to as high as 50% for countries that do not strike trade deals with US

  
• September 14 2025
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  US companies put brakes on hiring after Trump’s tariffs hit

  Industries most exposed to rising costs caused by trade wars launch wave of job cuts

  
• September 7 2025
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  There’s an unexpected climate upside to Trump’s tariff regime

  Rerouting of supply chains can lead to significant reductions in emissions

  
• September 2 2025
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  JD Vance’s hometown falls foul of Trump’s clean energy cuts

  Ohio steel mill scrapped plans for a hydrogen-fuelled furnace because of White House’s assault on green incentives

  
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• August 14 2025
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  Trump’s 100% tariff threat looms over chip sector despite relief for Apple

  US probe into semiconductor sector could leave a patchwork of agreements with individual companies and countries

  
• August 13 2025
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  From tariffs to talent and tech, the FT looks at the future of manufacturing in the US Rust Belt

  
• August 13 2025
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  Trump, tariffs and the battle for blue-collar America | FT Film

  From tariffs to talent and tech, the FT looks at the future of manufacturing in its US heartland

  
• August 7 2025
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  What is Apple’s $600bn US investment pledge?

  Tech giant promised Donald Trump hundreds of billions of spending — but the real scale is difficult to measure

  
• August 7 2025
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  Trump threatens 100% tariff on chips but with carve-out for Apple

  President says tech companies can avoid the levy by investing in US manufacturing

  
• July 21 2025
  Rana Foroohar

  Tech shocks to industry have only just begun

  The disruption that is hitting the manufacturing sector could come for healthcare next

  
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• July 16 2025
  US trade representative pushes defence start-ups to fill manufacturing gap

  Silicon Valley players cheer Jamieson Greer as they hope to benefit from a boost to military spending

  
• June 4 2025
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  It’s always steel — tariffs provide Trump with a familiar trade weapon

  The industry has suffered from overproduction and protectionism for decades

  
• May 22 2025
  Josh Zoffer

  How to make a sovereign wealth fund work for American industry

  An asset-backed equipment finance programme would be just the boost US companies need

  
• May 20 2025
  Nippon Steel

  Nippon Steel lifts US Steel investment pledge to $11bn in push to secure deal

  Japanese suitor also promises to add thousands of jobs in bid to win over Trump

  
• May 8 2025
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  Trump’s tariffs will boomerang on US exporters

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• April 30 2025
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  Tariffs hit home for small US businesses that rely on Chinese imports

  Growing worries that a trade war could suffocate a crucial driver of employment and economic growth

  
• April 28 2025
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  Why Trump can’t build iPhones in the US

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• April 21 2025
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  Martin Wolf talks to David Autor: could AI be a bigger threat to US jobs than China?

  Automation will disrupt American jobs more widely than China ever did

  
• April 20 2025
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  Tariffs without industrial policy won’t work

  It’s a lesson that the White House should learn if it wants to build up manufacturing in America

  
• April 13 2025
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  Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer

  Donald Trump’s vision to onshore factory jobs reverses decades of progress

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• April 13 2025
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  ‘Stuff should be made here’: Ohio shrugs off Trump tariff turmoil

  Company owners say the president’s measures will result in more manufacturing in the US

  
• April 10 2025
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  US bike prices will rise ‘up to 50%’ as China trade war escalates

  Cycling industry fears insolvencies and forced mergers in already struggling sector

  
• April 9 2025
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  Trump’s ‘reshoring’ ambitions threatened by tariff chaos

  Companies have pledged to build factories in the US but are wary of committing long-term investment while trade policy is unclear

  
• April 3 2025
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  Trump’s tariffs are an economic emergency for Americans

  Misplaced nostalgia is not a good enough reason for something that will only hurt voters