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China manufacturers feel helpless with U.S. tariffs

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 25, 2018
Amid tensions, Chinese manufacturers at the Canton Fair say they are squeezed on many fronts.
China manufacturers at the Canton Fair are nervous about an escalation of U.S.-China trade friction.
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U.S. businesses worried over Chinese policy initiative

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 16, 2018
"Made in China 2025" aims to make China the technology leader in several sectors.
Security guards walk past the Chinese national flag at the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution on March 1, 2008 in Beijing, China. 
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The trade war is over (I lost)

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 9, 2018
The president says they're easy, but FiveThirtyEight's simulator gave me a different experience.
A worker standing at a dock of a port in Shanghai on March 22, 2018.
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More than 2 million jobs could be at risk if China’s tariffs are implemented

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 6, 2018
The jobs at risk are mostly based in counties that voted for Trump.
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Tariff jitters are rippling through the ag economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 5, 2018
Besides causing "extreme nervousness," the Ozark Mountain Poultry CEO says the tariff threats haven't impacted the market yet.
A potential trade war has implications for the poultry industry.
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In Shanghai, few worry over U.S-China trade spat

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 5, 2018
"In China's history, we’ve faced more serious problems than this,” one man says.
Roy Ma and his family consume American fruits and nuts but he says the latest China tariffs on these products will not have a huge impact on his life. He is worried about what other tariffs will be imposed as the trade friction escalates.
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What does a trade war mean for the U.S. economy?

by Andy Uhler , Kimberly Adams , Scott Tong and Tracey Samuelson
Apr 4, 2018
Let's break down how it will affect the country's GDP, jobs or even agriculture.
A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province in July.
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China's threatened tariffs on pork are hurting American hog farmers

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Apr 4, 2018
"I think the psychology has negatively impacted the hog market," one Illinois farmer says.
Hog farmers like to “market everything but the squeal,” Bran Duncan says.
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What China's tariff retaliation means for apple growers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 4, 2018
Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches says trade wars disproportionately impact U.S. farmers.
Mark Morrell picks over his Jona Gold apples at Walters' Fruit Ranch in 2006 in Green Bluff, Washington.
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Your trade war questions, answered

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Jed Kim , Renata Sago , Marielle Segarra , Danielle Chiriguayo , Jana Kasperkevic and Aaron Schrank
Apr 4, 2018
Let's do some tariff talk.
US President Donald Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 8, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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