A leading German automotive supplier said it was again allowed to ship semiconductors that Beijing had barred for export.

He had a good factory job that helped him raise a family. But it didn’t save him from despair.

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Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.

He had a good factory job that helped him raise a family. But it didn’t save him from despair.

Few countries are excited about globalization anymore, but Vietnam is still into it — wholeheartedly. Do the reasons go beyond economic growth?

An automaker’s decision to shift Canadian jobs to the United States has left workers in Brampton, Ontario, feeling betrayed and angry.

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Exports of cars, solar panels and batteries remain strong, but prices are falling because of factory overcapacity in China.

Exports of cars, solar panels and batteries remain strong, but prices are falling because of factory overcapacity in China.

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Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.

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Drones, missiles and other crucial components of Europe’s rush to rearm itself rely on an increasingly unsteady supply of minerals from China.

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Drones, missiles and other crucial components of Europe’s rush to rearm itself rely on an increasingly unsteady supply of minerals from China.

Two economists on the price of playing nice with a superpower.

Two economists on the price of playing nice with a superpower.

As he so often does, the president is pushing the wrong answer to the right question on trade policy with Beijing.

As he so often does, the president is pushing the wrong answer to the right question on trade policy with Beijing.

Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts.

The leaders of Canada and China met for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.

Xi now sees our weakness and will try to exploit it, perhaps leaving America a diminished presence in Asia.

China has suspended export controls announced this month, but was conspicuously silent about rules imposed earlier, which are snarling global supply chains.

Xi now sees our weakness and will try to exploit it, perhaps leaving America a diminished presence in Asia.

China’s far-reaching rules already affect manufacturers of semiconductors, cars and many other products. They will soon become much broader.

Concern is increasing throughout Southeast Asia as U.S. officials, intent on slowing China, have yet to say how they will define the origin country of imports.

Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class voters.

Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class voters.

The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it is trying to catch up.

Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years.

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.

Broad restrictions could cause supply interruptions for arms makers, as well as manufacturers in the semiconductor, automotive and other sectors.

China’s baby boom enriched a small Irish town where a Nestlé factory made formula for Chinese newborns. Then a baby bust unraveled it all. Or so it seemed.