Undocumented workers help feed America’s hunger for prepared foods, but some take jobs with staffing agencies that expose them to hazardous conditions.

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Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

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General Motors has gone from market leader to also-ran in the world’s largest car market, stymied by its own missteps and Chinese policies that favored its local rivals.

General Motors has gone from market leader to also-ran in the world’s largest car market, stymied by its own missteps and Chinese policies that favored its local rivals.

Trump will face a new China this time, one whose advanced manufacturing muscles have exploded in size, sophistication and quantity.

Trump will face a new China this time, one whose advanced manufacturing muscles have exploded in size, sophistication and quantity.

The biggest benefits often emerge outside the countries engaged in a trade war.

The north benefited from the global search for alternatives to Chinese manufacturing. No one knows whether a second Trump term will impede or accelerate that growth.

An intense struggle has unfolded in Washington between companies and officials over where to draw the line on selling technology to China.

Faltering U.S. industrial leadership has allowed China to take a harder trade stance as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

When President Biden visits Angola on Monday, he will promote a rail project meant to show America’s commitment to the continent and to counter Chinese influence.

When President Biden visits Angola on Monday, he will promote a rail project meant to show America’s commitment to the continent and to counter Chinese influence.

An online campaign has prompted major pad manufacturers to apologize. Regulators said they would consider women’s criticisms when writing new standards.

China’s electric vehicle market is the world’s largest — and its most cutthroat, with dozens of brands jostling for position.

The automaker has long been criticized by human rights activists for doing business in the territory, where China has repressed Muslim ethnic groups.

Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.

From electric cars to solar panels, Mr. Musk has built businesses in high-tech manufacturing sectors now targeted by Beijing for Chinese dominance.

The new agreement, which builds on an earlier announcement, calls for the German automaker to invest $5.8 billion in Rivian, a maker of electric vehicles.

The Chinese economy is more dependent on exports, making tariffs more potent, yet it’s less reliant on American markets and increasingly bent on self-sufficiency.

Companies are filling their warehouses or looking into moving factories as they weigh President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on foreign goods.

The prospect of higher tariffs under President-elect Trump spurred the company to accelerate its plan to shift where its shoes are made.

The Biden administration said it had reached a settlement after the U.S. chipmaker voluntarily disclosed that it had shipped products to a firm linked with China’s military industrial complex.

Communities that suffered the worst of plant closings in recent decades are now gaining an outsize share of fresh investment and new jobs.

Communities that suffered the worst of plant closings in recent decades are now gaining an outsize share of fresh investment and new jobs.

A brutal price war, sudden shifts in consumer demand and human rights issues in Xinjiang have left VW stumbling in a market it led for 40 years.

Already the dominant producer of rare minerals, Beijing is using export restrictions and its power over state-owned companies to further control access.

The former president’s most disturbing statements are not bluster. They are a road map to what he will do if elected again.