World Business
The latest World Business coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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After Trump applies pressure, Wall Street giant moves into Panama
President Donald Trump had been hammering Panama for weeks over its most valuable asset, the Panama Canal, saying, without evidence, that China operated the waterway. There seemed to be no way Panama could get Washington off its back.
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India’s steel industry contemplates potential fallout from Trump administration tariffs
Rows of small factories line the streets of a dusty suburb in Bengaluru, where workers weld and cast Indian-made steel into everything from car parts to kitchen sinks.
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Target tries to put a tough year behind it, but tariffs loom
Target had a tough 2024: Its stock price declined, it struggled to deliver consistent sales growth, and it faced lawsuits related to its diversity, equity and inclusion practices and then calls for boycotts when it abandoned them.
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Giant chipmaker TSMC to spend $100 billion to expand chip manufacturing in US, Trump announces
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday, on top of $65 billion in investments the company had previously announced.
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Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock
Elon Musk's car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic.
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US tariffs on Canada and Mexico take effect, as China takes aim at US farm exports
President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, putting global markets on edge and setting up costly retaliations by the United States’ North American allies.
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2 troubled carmakers, Nissan and Stellantis, could be hit hardest by tariffs
Nissan Motor has suffered several setbacks in recent months.
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Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China
President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China.
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Is Xi’s sudden embrace of business for real? China is left guessing.
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, made his entrance at a symposium with a group of top entrepreneurs last week, he seemed to be in good spirits.
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BP to focus more on oil and gas in strategy ‘reset’
BP, the energy giant, on Wednesday said it would increase spending on oil and gas while sharply paring back investments in various forms of clean energy.
