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What US consumers can expect from new tariffs on imported goods

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on…

China says its exports to the US fell 35% in May, as trade talks are due to start in London

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer China’s exports to the United States fell 35% in May from a year earlier, new customs data show, adding to pressure on the world’s second largest economy as a new round of trade talks…

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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for…