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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
Trump thinks ‘cheaters’ are hurting us on trade, but here’s how the U.S. employs a number of sneaky ‘non-tariff barriers’ to repel foreign goods
The culprit is “non-tariff barriers” (NTBs), such as quotas and technical standards that systematically block goods from ...
Hongkong Post is suspending postal service for all US-bound goods over Trump's tariffs
The postal service said in a press release Tuesday that the move was in response to the US "bullying and imposing tariffs ...
These are the big winners as the US dollar weakens
The US dollar's sharp decline this year stands to benefit commodities, export-driven economies, and haven assets such as gold ...
The US wants to charge Chinese ships to dock at American ports
The United States has unveiled plans to impose new port fees on Chinese ships, saying it aims to revive American shipbuilding ...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
Tariffs on toilet paper? Europe threatens tit-for-tat levies on a range of US goods if trade talks fail
The European Union has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on American toilet paper, soybeans, eye makeup and hundreds of other products if trade negotiations with the United States aren’t ...
US trade deficit with China is less than $300 billion, not $1 trillion, as Trump said
The United States’ trade deficit in goods with China was $295 billion in 2024, less than one-third of Trump’s $1 trillion ...
US FDA limits industry employees from roles in its advisory committees
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced on Thursday a policy to limit employees of companies ...
White House touts Covid-19 ‘lab leak’ theory on new website
The White House on Friday morning launched a new website championing the theory that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was ...
Trump compares US to a 'big beautiful department store' and says everyone wants a piece of it
President Donald Trump likened the US to a department store, and said that any country opposed to its tariff rate could just ...