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The European Union has spent months bracing for painful tariffs from the United States, the bloc’s most important trading partner. On Wednesday, as American steel and aluminum tariffs of 25 percent took effect, European officials began to respond. While the United States buys the most steel and aluminum from countries including Canada, Brazil and Mexico, … Read more

“Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. When Nicole Rizzo saw the “For Sale” listing for Die Cleaning Equipment, the first detail she liked was that it was run by a married couple. Ms. Rizzo, then 43, was searching for a company to run alongside her own husband. … Read more

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global competitors, including close allies already reeling from his on-and-off approach to trade penalties. Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent on the metals hit imports that enter the United States from any country in the world. … Read more

President Trump escalated his fight with Canada on Tuesday, threatening to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and pressing to turn one of America’s closest traditional allies into the 51st state. After several tense hours, both sides backed down, at least for now. It was the latest in a week of chaotic trade moves, … Read more

President Trump hosted an exclusive car show at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The only company represented: Tesla. The only purpose: helping Elon Musk. With Tesla facing a backlash over Mr. Musk’s role in the Trump administration, the president said he wanted to buy one of the company’s electric vehicles. But Mr. Trump, always … Read more

In Jim Ratcliffe’s telling, he’s the one doing the favor. A favor to the people of Manchester, to the British government and to the country more broadly. The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United on Tuesday pitched a new soccer stadium as crucial to the success of plans by Britain’s Labour Party to regenerate a large … Read more

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued two urgent recommendations to reduce and reroute helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington after a midair crash of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter in January killed 67 people. Jennifer Homendy, the investigative board’s chair, said that a review of air traffic at … Read more

President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail last year. Investors and business leaders enthusiastically cheered some, like lower taxes and relaxed regulation, and expressed wariness about others, like tariffs and reduced immigration. But when Mr. Trump won the election, there was little sign of that ambivalence: Stock prices soared, as did … Read more

In his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large companies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, bluntly told them that a top priority would be eliminating artificial dyes from the nation’s food supply. At the Monday meeting, Mr. Kennedy emphasized that it was a “strong desire and … Read more

Airlines flashed an early-warning signal on Tuesday, suggesting that consumers and businesses were starting to get nervous amid wider economic and political uncertainty. Several carriers cut their financial forecasts for the first few months of the year, saying that revenue would be weaker than expected. They pointed to a number of reasons: bad weather, high-profile … Read more