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GovernmentBusiness

US Pushes Ahead With China Trade Probe Despite Truce

While the U.S. and China agreed to suspend plans for higher tariffs and stricter export controls during their summit, the investigation is still moving forward, Greer said Oct. 30.

October 30, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Ford to Restart India Plant, Defying Trump鈥檚 Domestic Agenda

The engines will not be exported to the U.S., but it鈥檚 unclear which countries they will be sent to, a source told Bloomberg. An announcement is expected as early as this week.

October 30, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

GOP Senators Break Ranks on Trump Tariffs

The 51-47 vote, which included four Republicans, highlights economic anxiety over President Trump's tariff regime. The votes are the clearest sign yet of growing Republican unrest.

October 30, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump and Xi Ease Tension With Truce on Tariffs, Rare Earths

The U.S. will also halve fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods, while Beijing resumes purchases of soybeans and other American agricultural products.

October 30, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Fed Cuts Rates Again Amid Labor Market Weakness

In their post-meeting statement, Fed policymakers on Oct. 29 repeated their assessment that 鈥渏ob gains have slowed鈥 and said 鈥渞isks to employment rose in recent months.鈥

October 29, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump, Xi Set to Formalize Trade Truce After Months of Chaos

Initial signals indicate the leaders are readying a pact that could see a rollback of some tariffs, fees and export restrictions threatened or implemented in recent months.

October 29, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Sees Tariff Truce With Mexico as Positive

Trump sidestepped the question of how long he felt extending the deadline was appropriate. He said existing tariff rates were sufficient to convince car companies to move manufacturing to the U.S.

October 29, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

China Buys First Cargoes of US Soybeans This Season

Chinese and U.S. officials reached a聽broad framework agreement聽over the weekend in Malaysia, paving the way for Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump to finalize a trade deal.

October 29, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Americans Grow More Uneasy About Job Market, Economy

The Conference Board鈥檚 gauge decreased 1 point to 94.6, the lowest since April, data out Oct. 28 showed. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a reading of 93.4.

October 28, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Hopeful Economic Signs Dim, ATA鈥檚 Costello Says

American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello warns that businesses remain hamstrung by trade policy uncertainty, and said the true impact of tariffs has barely been felt.

October 28, 2025