Industrial Strength

Tariff Tumult Risks Torpedoing Factory Recovery

The actual tariff rates don’t matter as much to manufacturers as understanding the rules of the game — and those keep changing.
President Donald Trump imposed a 10% global tariff on foreign goods, moving quickly to preserve his trade agenda after the US Supreme Court struck down many of the levies he imposed last year.Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
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The longest stretch of weak US industrial demand on record is finally showing signs of ending, but fresh tumult in President Donald Trump’s global trade war threatens to paralyze corporate decision-making yet again.