/tags/trade-war trade war en-US WLRN Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:44:00 GMT /2019-11-01/job-market-resilient-in-october-despite-gm-strike-beating-expectations U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. The drop in job creation reflects a slowing economy, but a strike at General Motors was also a factor. Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:44:00 GMT /2019-11-01/job-market-resilient-in-october-despite-gm-strike-beating-expectations Scott Horsley /2019-09-09/congress-fall-to-do-list-guns-spending-drug-prices-trade-investigations Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill on Monday after an extended summer recess. Debates on gun control, prescription drugs and trade are expected, but bipartisan cooperation on those are elusive. Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:00:35 GMT /2019-09-09/congress-fall-to-do-list-guns-spending-drug-prices-trade-investigations Deirdre Walsh /2019-08-14/dow-tumbles-800-points-as-bond-markets-signal-recession Some worry a trade war is hurting the global economy. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell below that for two-year Treasurys — a phenomenon that strongly predicts a recession. Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:53:00 GMT /2019-08-14/dow-tumbles-800-points-as-bond-markets-signal-recession Chris Arnold, Uri Berliner /2019-08-05/summer-gas-prices-in-florida-lowest-in-2-years Florida drivers are seeing cheaper gas prices this summer, in part due to a global oversupply and rising tension in the U.S.-China trade war. That’s... Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:51:48 GMT /2019-08-05/summer-gas-prices-in-florida-lowest-in-2-years WJCT News /news/2019-05-15/south-florida-construction-boom-could-grind-to-a-halt-thanks-to-new-tariffs There are some 80 major active construction projects in Miami-Dade, making it one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. Broward has as many… Wed, 15 May 2019 15:44:32 GMT /news/2019-05-15/south-florida-construction-boom-could-grind-to-a-halt-thanks-to-new-tariffs Rob Wile /show/the-sunshine-economy/2019-04-24/the-sunshine-economy-cars-trade-jobs-and-the-future-of-driving-with-autonations-mike-jackson Mike Jackson used to shovel horse manure for one dollar a stall. He wound up leading a company selling over half a million new and used cars and trucks a… Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:04:07 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2019-04-24/the-sunshine-economy-cars-trade-jobs-and-the-future-of-driving-with-autonations-mike-jackson Tom Hudson /2018-09-18/china-sets-tariffs-on-60-billion-in-u-s-goods-retaliating-against-u-s-duties Hours after President Trump announced tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, Beijing responded with its own levies on $60 billion worth of U.S. products. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:12:17 GMT /2018-09-18/china-sets-tariffs-on-60-billion-in-u-s-goods-retaliating-against-u-s-duties Anthony Kuhn, Avie Schneider /2018-09-17/trump-sets-tariffs-on-200-billion-in-imports-from-china President Trump announced the U.S. will impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China. It's the latest round of an escalating trade dispute between the two countries. Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:36:35 GMT /2018-09-17/trump-sets-tariffs-on-200-billion-in-imports-from-china Avie Schneider /news/2018-08-21/its-going-to-be-a-rough-year-key-largo-fishermen-feel-effects-of-chinese-lobster-tariffs At 6 a.m. on a recent Thursday morning, Ernie Piton and his son dragged wooden lobster traps across their dock in Key Largo. They stabbed sharp wires… Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:07:37 GMT /news/2018-08-21/its-going-to-be-a-rough-year-key-largo-fishermen-feel-effects-of-chinese-lobster-tariffs /news/2018-08-06/florida-lobster-fishermen-fear-trade-war-amid-irma-recovery Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:09:38 GMT /news/2018-08-06/florida-lobster-fishermen-fear-trade-war-amid-irma-recovery The Associated Press