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Tesla's China plant will serve the world's biggest electric car market

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Jul 11, 2018
This week, Tesla announced its plans to build a plant in Shanghai amid trade tensions between the U.S. and China
A view of a fully electric Tesla car on an assembly line at the new Tesla Motors car factory in Tilburg, the Netherlands, during the opening and launch of the new factory, on Aug. 22, 2013.
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Is there an exit strategy for the trade war with China?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 6, 2018
When we go to war in the conventional sense, there’s usually supposed to be an exit strategy. What about with trade wars? How do we get out of this one? Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Tariffs can push prices in either direction

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 5, 2018
Trade fight. Trade skirmish. Possible trade war. We’ve been hedging our language around what the Trump administration’s multiple rounds of tariffs actually mean. But come midnight tonight, when $34 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods are supposed to kick in, all that talk of trade war starts to look a lot more real and a […]
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Will tariffs on Chinese products protect U.S. jobs?

by Jennifer Pak
Jul 2, 2018
Some businesses say the imminent tariffs could force them to raise prices or cut pay.
A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong based CSCL East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland on June 20, 2018 in Oakland, California. 
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Is China forcing U.S. tech companies to hand over their secrets?

by Molly Wood and Jennifer Pak
Jun 27, 2018
Escalating trade tensions could cause consumer prices to rise.
The ZTE logo is seen on a building in Beijing on May 2, 2018.
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German automakers are looking for a better trade deal

by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan
Jun 21, 2018
Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen are proposing to end tariffs on U.S.-imported cars.
Robots weld the bodies of Volkswagen Tiguans at the Volkswagen factory in 2012 in Wolfsburg, Germany.
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What's a trade war and are we in one?

by Tracey Samuelson
Jun 18, 2018
The definition is squishy, but most economists would probably agree we're not there yet.
A worker repairs shipping containers at the Port of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China, in 2013.
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What is the future like for hog farmers in this country?

by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan
Jun 15, 2018
China imposed tariffs on U.S. pork in April. Every day, "I'm afraid we're one step closer down the road to a trade war," one farmer says.
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China announces equal penalties to retaliate for US tariffs

by Associated Press
Jun 15, 2018
The move comes after President Trump announced $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods.
Workers stand in line next to a container ship at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province earlier this month.
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How U.S. trade policy has changed over 30 years

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 8, 2018
For decades, the global economy has trended toward more free trade, not less. Until now.
“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. They are our allies,” President Ronald Reagan said in 1988.
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