Businesses Try To Navigate The World's Coronavirus Cargo Pileup There was a rush of commerce after China reopened. But then demand in the West for many goods dropped, with businesses closing and consumers staying home as the pandemic spread.
Weekend Edition Sunday 'A Lot To Be Hopeful For': Crisis Seen As Historic, Not Another Great Depression The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But this downturn should be shorter, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic historians say.
KUOW Newsroom A cop shot this wooden bullet at me at the WTO protests in Seattle. Here’s the story it tells During the WTO protests, a police officer shot a wooden bullet at me. It bounced off the wall, and landed at my feet. It didn’t hurt me. But it shattered something: A myth about what Seattle was in 1999 and what it could give to the rest of the world.
Has The Trade War Taken A Bite Out Of China's Economy? Yes — But It's Complicated China's economic growth has been slowing down for years. Tariffs have contributed to slower growth since early 2018, when the economic standoff began, but it's hard to pinpoint how much.
Trump's Trade Policy Turns The Tables On Democrats When it comes to trade, Trump and the Democrats sound a lot alike. "It's like Donald Trump has co-opted Democratic trade policy," one analyst says. So how do his opponents differentiate themselves?
Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On Imports The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices.
KUOW Newsroom Is Seattle headed for a recession? A growing number of economists and analysts are warning about a economic slowdown. Jon Talton, economics columnist for the Seattle Times, says some Seattle-area businesses are vulnerable, including one of the state's largest employers.
Big Chill With China Takes Its Toll On Flow Of Money, People And Ideas As tensions deepen, the flow of tourists, students, researchers and entrepreneurs has slowed between the U.S. and China.
All Things Considered Get Ready For Higher Prices If New Tariffs Hit Goods From China, Retailers Warn Retailers predicted rising prices if President Trump goes through with his threat to add new tariffs to Chinese imports. Meanwhile, the White House announced a deal to boost beef exports.
Trump Ratchets Up U.S.-China Trade War With More Tariffs; Stocks Slide President Trump said the United States will impose a new 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of goods imported from China, saying Beijing had broken some of the promises it made in trade negotiations.
