Business

With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.

The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous.

The new $7 billion theme park in Orlando opens in May. With it, Universal aims to challenge Disney by letting visitors explore lands based on movies and games.

President Trump’s tariffs are scrambling the Republican plan for the economy, long centered on tax cuts and growth.

As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.

One of the president’s allies warns that the trade barriers could hurt American business and consumers. But he has yet to take any real steps to reverse them.

The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.

China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.

The gain was stronger than expected, though the impact of President Trump’s tariffs and other policies on the labor market has yet to play out.