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Companies may have to shift more production to the U.S. or sales to other countries. Coordination among partners, though, may be difficult.

Copper prices rose rapidly a few weeks ago, ahead of further tariff announcements. But the metal ended up on a short list of goods exempted from import taxes.

Concentrated solar power was one of several technologies that showed promise. Ivanpah's main buyer is pulling out to save customers money.

At the end of the day, consumers need jobs and stable income, says labor economist Elizabeth Crofoot of Lightcast.

Shoe making has been shifting to countries like Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia but China is still a leading footwear manufacturer

March’s jobs report was decent. But sweeping changes to U.S. trade policy taking effect in early April may show up in next month’s numbers.

They simply have to spend a bigger slice of their income on necessities.

In New Mexico, a family of four making up to $124,000 a year can now send their kids to day care for free. That’s twice the state’s median income.

West Odessa is an unincorporated community in the heart of West Texas’ oil patch that has outgrown its water system, leaving many to buy and haul in their water.

The Trump administration is challenging a longstanding firewall around taxpayer data so addresses can be shared and used in deportations.