Peter S. Goodman

Skilled workers from Taiwan engaged in the chip industry have found ways to ease the transition to America while making an imprint on Greater Phoenix.

The success of efforts to turn Phoenix into a dominant center of semiconductor manufacturing may hinge on efforts to train local workers.

The fate of Indonesia’s unrivaled stocks of nickel — a critical mineral used to make batteries for electric vehicles — is caught in the conflict between the United States and China.

Behind the pushback to global trade is a deep economic anxiety that a meager social safety net has caused in the United States.

Trade Adjustment Assistance was supposed to help people whose jobs were threatened by overseas competition, but Congress eroded its support starting in the 1980s.

Keen Footwear has limited its exposure to supply chain trouble and opened a plant in Kentucky. But the trade upheaval has strained its adaptive strategy.

Para millones de pequeñas empresas que dependen de importaciones, como una de masa madre en Carolina del Norte, las únicas opciones parecen ser pagar un impuesto caro ahora, o esperar alguna una mejora.

A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in North Carolina has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company.

The experience of a company in the textile business illustrates how the trade war could force some industries to shift production out of the United States.

For companies that have shifted factory production from China to other countries, the latest tariffs have undermined their strategy while sowing paralysis.