Mexico's economy suffered its first contraction in three years in the fourth quarter of 2024, official figures showed Thursday, as the country braces for US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil is prepared to respond if Donald Trump places new tariffs on the country’s products, although he hopes to improve trade relations with the US instead.

His efforts to “repel the disastrous invasion of our country” by migrants and drugs from Mexico and Canada may soon include stemming the passage of cars. A promise to impose sweeping tariffs on “day ...

Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet provoke a backlash. The row casts a pall over the first trip abroad by ...

Canada has cracked down on fentanyl crossing the border in a bid to prevent President Trump's tariffs from hitting trade with the U.S.

Trump’s tariff threat soon escalated beyond a simple tax dispute. The Trump administration issued a series of harsh retaliatory sanctions and penalties, including visa sanctions ...

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign ...

Oil edged lower as investors waited for clarity on US trade policy, after Donald Trump’s pick for commerce secretary said Canada and Mexico, the country’s top crude suppliers, may avoid high tariffs.

In recent months, plenty of business executives have said they were taking a wait-and-see approach to U.S. President Donald Trump's broad threats of tariffs. Automakers like General Motors and ...

President Donald Trump said he will enact comprehensive tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1. Here's what Arizonans will ...

If AI really doesn’t need that much power, energy companies have less incentive to produce more.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.