Washington Times - Business

• Trump White House stands by tariffs in the face of global pushback

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 28

  White House officials said Sunday that President Trump will not pause the new tariffs his administration imposed on imports as part of his push to...

• Top Trump trade adviser denies rift with Elon Musk over tariffs

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 58

  White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday that Elon Musk's opposition to tariffs is driven by Tesla's reliance on car parts from...

• Trump advisers say 50-plus countries have reached out for tariff talks with White House

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 63

  Top administration officials said Sunday that more than 50 countries targeted by President Donald Trump's new tariffs have reached out to begin...

• Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hits EU ban on hormone-treated meat imports

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 69

  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday the European Union has leaned on "fake science" to bar U.S. beef imports, hurting American farmers...

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• Hollywood lands a much-needed box office hit with 'A Minecraft Movie'

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 68

  Hollywood needed "A Minecraft Movie" to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year's box office deficit.

• Trump's commerce chief says administration's tariffs to stay course amid markets tumult

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 78

  Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Sunday that President Trump will not postpone his latest round of tariffs in response to the financial...

• Ukraine will send a team to the U.S. next week for talks on a new draft mineral deal

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 72

  Ukraine will send a team to Washington next week to begin negotiations on a new draft of a deal that would give the U.S. access to Ukraine's...

• Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 76

  Leonardo Baez and Nora Avila-Guel's bakery in the Texas community of Los Fresnos is a daily stop for many residents to share gossip over coffee and...

• Tariffs will make sneakers, jeans and almost everything Americans wear cost more, trade groups warn

  7-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 67

  Sending children back to school in new sneakers, jeans and T-shirts is likely to cost U.S. families significantly more this fall if the bespoke...

• Top Trump economic adviser downplays concerns over tariffs' impact on global economy, U.S. consumers

  6-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 72

  The director of the White House National Economic Council said Sunday that President Trump's tariffs might raise the cost of some imported goods...

• No state has ended personal income taxes since 1980, but Mississippi and Kentucky may change that

  6-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 61

  About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and...

• The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution

  6-4-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 78

  States increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get out...