Analysts are looking to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s planned meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng in Malaysia this week for assurances that a leader-level meeting is still on track and to keep tariffs from hitting triple-digit levels in November.

U.S. chemical companies are likely to post another quarter of subdued earnings as tariffs, weak industrial demand and Chinese overcapacity squeeze margins and sentiment across the sector. Major producers including LyondellBasell,

The July-September data, the weakest pace of growth since the third quarter of 2024, compares with a 5.2% pace of growth in the previous quarter, officials said.

Trump administration officials work to stabilize U.S.-China relations after trade war threats, with President Donald Trump prepared to meet Xi Jinping.

President Trump announced Friday he will raise tariffs on China in response to a move from Beijing to tighten its control over certain critical minerals and rare earth elements. Trump announced on

As part of US President Donald Trump’s campaign to bring more manufacturing to American shores, he wants to engineer a revival of domestic shipbuilding. To that end, his efforts to chip away at China’s dominance in the industry have become a flashpoint in the wider trade war.

The Trump administration is considering a plan to curb software exports to China to retaliate against China’s latest round of rare earth export

Beijing recently said it would tighten rare earth exports, prompting the US to impose further tariffs on Chinese goods. Now, Australia and the US are looking to counter China's dominance of the critical minerals market.