Hacker News with Generative AI: Trade

Chinese Manufacturers Make Appeals to Americans: Buy Direct (nytimes.com)
Chinese manufacturers are flooding TikTok and other social media apps with direct appeals to American shoppers, urging people to buy luxury items straight from their factories. And amid the threats of sky-high tariffs on Chinese exports, Americans seem to be all in.
China, Manufacturing, Consumerism, Trade, Social Media
7 points by bookofjoe 3 hours ago | 1 comments
What consumers are snapping up or putting off in face of tariffs (cnbc.com)
Consumer Behavior, Economics, Trade, Tariffs
16 points by rntn 6 hours ago | 5 comments
Chinese factories slow production and send workers home as US tariffs bite (ft.com)
China, Trade, Economics, Tariffs, Manufacturing
11 points by suraci 1 day ago | 2 comments
How DigiKey is dealing with tariff chaos (text.npr.org)
Thief River Falls is in northwestern Minnesota, and along with having a really cool name is really small. But it grew a very big company that is now riding out an unprecedented and unpredictable storm - tariffs.
Business, Economics, Trade, Tariffs, Minnesota
15 points by pash 1 day ago | 0 comments
A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy (apnews.com)
Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
Politics, Lawsuits, Trade, Climate Change, Agriculture
13 points by bloppe 2 days ago | 0 comments
China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs (scmp.com)
In separate calls with the British and Austrian foreign ministers, China’s top diplomat has accused Washington of weaponising tariffs, and urged Europe to join hands with Beijing to defend the multilateral trading system.
International Relations, Trade, China, Europe, United States
13 points by sva_ 2 days ago | 9 comments
Trump says China tariffs will drop 'substantially – but it won't be zero' (theguardian.com)
US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’
Trade, Politics, Economics, China, US
14 points by voxadam 3 days ago | 8 comments
Military Drone Companies Have a Serious 'Made in China' Problem (forbes.com)
Pentagon leaders are calling for thousands of drones to prepare for war in the Pacific. But as Trump’s tariffs escalate tensions with China, they face an uncomfortable reality: Silicon Valley’s drone companies are addicted to Chinese components.
Military, China, Trade, Technology, Drones
8 points by geox 3 days ago | 1 comments
US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels (bbc.com)
The US Commerce Department has announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four South East Asian countries.
Trade, Solar Energy, International Relations, Politics, Economics
21 points by pingou 4 days ago | 4 comments
Japan keeps asking the US what it wants in trade talks and can't get an answer (forexlive.com)
Japanese negotiators are complaining that the problem with the trade negotiations with the White House, what's delaying concrete progress and a real deal, is that US keeps changing its ask in terms of exactly what it wants, said one financial CEO who speaks regularly to country officials.
International Relations, Trade, Japan, United States
24 points by donohoe 4 days ago | 4 comments
Trump's FTC opens the floodgates for tariff profiteering (pluralistic.net)
Trump's FTC opens the floodgates for tariff profiteering: PROS Holdings and co will make billions telling companies how to rip you off.
Politics, Economics, Business, Trade
16 points by NotInOurNames 5 days ago | 0 comments
DHL suspends high value US deliveries (bbc.com)
DHL Express is suspending deliveries to the US worth more than $800 (£603) because of a "significant increase" in red tape at customs following the introduction of Donald Trump's new tariff regime.
Logistics, Trade, Politics, US Economy
10 points by thm 5 days ago | 0 comments
China sends back new Boeing jets (theguardian.com)
A Boeing jet intended for a Chinese airline landed back at the planemaker’s US production hub on Sunday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by Donald Trump.
China, Boeing, Trade, International Relations, Aviation
10 points by belter 5 days ago | 0 comments
Nvidia CEO Meets with Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing (nytimes.com)
A day after the U.S. government opened an investigation into whether Nvidia, America’s leading chipmaker, violated rules with its sales to China, its chief executive, Jensen Huang, met on Thursday with Chinese trade officials in Beijing.
Nvidia, China, Trade, Technology, Politics
7 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 2 comments
Trump's Tariffs Are Starting to Kill Jobs (reason.com)
The Trump administration believes that high tariffs will boost the prospects of American manufacturing, but one iconic truck company is now preparing to lay off hundreds of workers—because of the tariffs.
Politics, Economics, Trade, Manufacturing
41 points by emrah 7 days ago | 10 comments
Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry? (npr.org)
When President Trump recently griped about Europe's distaste for buying American chicken, his comments touched on a long-running and divisive trade spat that's flared up from time to time.
Food Safety, Trade, Politics, Agriculture
17 points by srameshc 8 days ago | 3 comments
Apple CEO Tim Cook Convinced Trump to Exempt Apple from Tariffs (macrumors.com)
When U.S. President Donald Trump levied 145 percent tariffs on goods imported from China, Apple CEO Tim Cook started working to score Apple an exemption that would keep iPhone costs down.
Politics, Technology, Business, Trade
15 points by benoau 8 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: I Built a Site to Track U.S. Tariff Updates in Real Time (tariffstatus.com)
News, Trade, Government, Web Development
13 points by ryanarroyo 8 days ago | 2 comments
Why Trump Will Lose His Trade War (paulkrugman.substack.com)
Scenes from the trade war:
Trade, Economics, Politics, United States
32 points by rbanffy 9 days ago | 14 comments
White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo (theregister.com)
World War Fee No, it wasn't a typo. Some Chinese imports are indeed subject to a 245 percent tariff in the United States.
Trade, China, Politics, US Economy
10 points by rntn 9 days ago | 1 comments
Trump administration reportedly considers a US DeepSeek ban (techcrunch.com)
The Trump administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek that would limit it from buying Nvidia’s AI chips and potentially bar Americans from accessing its AI services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Politics, Artificial Intelligence, China, Technology, Trade
20 points by ddxv 9 days ago | 5 comments
Why China curbing rare earth exports is a blow to the US (bbc.com)
As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two countries are imposing on one another.
China, Trade, Rare Earths, United States, International Relations
9 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 0 comments
India's Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory (electrek.co)
Facing potential 40% tariffs on India-made solar modules, India’s Waaree Energies is doubling its manufacturing capacity at its Texas factory.
Solar Energy, Manufacturing, Texas, India, Trade
5 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 1 comments
White House: China now faces up to 245% tariff (whitehouse.gov)
BOLSTERING AMERICA’S CRITICAL MINERALS FUTURE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching an investigation into the national security risks posed by U.S. reliance on imported processed critical minerals and their derivative products.
Trade, International Relations, Politics, China, United States
31 points by clumsysmurf 10 days ago | 20 comments
Europe's Markets Are Winning from Ebbing of 'America First' Trade (bloomberg.com)
Europe’s long-sluggish financial markets are being shocked into life as Donald Trump’s drive to reshape global trade and security undermines America’s decades-long dominance.
Europe, Trade, Economy, Geopolitics, Finance
7 points by petethomas 10 days ago | 0 comments
China halts orders of US-made Boeing planes in retaliation to Trump's tariffs (abc.net.au)
China has reportedly ordered its airlines to pause all incoming deliveries of American-made Boeing aircraft in response to Donald Trump's 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.
International Relations, Trade, China, United States, Aviation
8 points by testrun 10 days ago | 0 comments
Hong Kong suspends postal service to the US after Trump's tariff hikes (cnn.com)
International Relations, Trade, Politics, Hong Kong, United States
15 points by xnhbx 10 days ago | 0 comments
Nvidia to take $5.5B hit as US clamps down on exports of AI chips to China (ft.com)
Nvidia, AI Chips, China, Trade, Technology
9 points by doener 10 days ago | 2 comments
Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech (ft.com)
Politics, International Relations, Technology, Trade
16 points by doener 10 days ago | 13 comments
Tech's 'Zombie Unicorns' Reach the End of the Road (bloomberg.com)
President Donald Trump’s tariff tantrum has so far delivered only bad news for tech — as it has for just about everyone except MAGA diehards.
Tech, Business, Economics, Trade
5 points by helsinkiandrew 10 days ago | 3 comments