It’s not just tariff uncertainty making things more complicated for builders. Higher interest and mortgage rates are also in the mix.

From the BBC World Service: The pharmaceutical industry is still waiting to see what duties they’ll be hit with, but Switzerland-based Sandoz says the duties won't get them to move manufacturing to the U.S.

The Biden administration focused on investing in domestic chip production. President Trump is taking a different approach.

With President Donald Trump's tariffs in effect, we're now at the highest average level of import taxes since the 1930s.

From the BBC World Service: We'll learn the mood on the ground from businesses and analysts in Singapore, Delhi, and Zambia.

Audi is reportedly contemplating spending billions on a new plant in Tennessee to avoid billions in tariff impact.

From the BBC World Service: The Trump administration's 50% tariffs on Brazilian products take effect today, and they could affect your morning cup of java.

“Basically, YKK is a company that is just in the business of keeping things together,” said journalist Joshua Hunt. “It's really rolled with the punches in terms of the various shapes that globalization has taken.”

Midsize businesses are more likely to either absorb the cost of tariffs or pass them along to their customers.

As the U.S. employs more tariffs and sanctions, former international economic security advisor Daleep Singh makes the case for economic Geneva Conventions, and a federal Department of Economic Security.