Jan. 24, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it goes ahead with a trade deal with China in a Truth Social post on Jan. 24, following a string of insults lobbed at its neighbor during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland,…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET General Motors Co. will shift production of the Buick Envision from China to Kansas in the Detroit automaker’s latest reshoring move under President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Production of the next-generation compact SUV is slated for 2028 at the Fairfax Assembly & Stamping plant in Kansas City, GM confirmed…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 9:41 a.m. ET China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle. By some measures, India is even further ahead. The nation is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a new report from the…
Updated Jan. 20, 2026, 10:20 a.m. ET Canada and China announced a new trade agreement allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. The deal is expected to drive new Chinese investment in Canada’s auto manufacturing sector within three years. Canada’s Unifor union criticized the agreement, stating it puts Canadian auto jobs…
Updated Jan. 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m. ET A key Trump administration trade official is not concerned that Canada’s decision to allow limited electric vehicle imports from China will hurt U.S. automakers, he said Saturday at the Detroit Auto Show. “We have an enormous market share in Canada,” said U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer during…
Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 5:39 p.m. ET A new Canadian trade deal with China allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at a lower tariff rate was swiftly criticized by senior Trump administration officials as well as the leader of Canada’s main automaking province. “China now has a foothold in the Canadian market and…
Jan. 13, 2026, 8:41 a.m. ET A former U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for selling secret military information on American ships to China, officials said. Jinchao Wei, 25, also known as Patrick Wei, was sentenced on Jan. 12 to 200 months on espionage charges, the Department of…
Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said the U.S. will seize control of Greenland “the easy way” or “the hard way” and warned that he won’t miss out on the opportunity to Russia or China. “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not,” he said….
State Rep. Brian Hodgers Jan. 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET NASA’s announcement of its 2025 astronaut class underscores America’s renewed commitment to space leadership. These individuals will train for missions to the Moon and Mars as part of the Artemis program, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to maintain its edge in an increasingly competitive space race with China. Their…
Jan. 2, 2026, 11:59 a.m. ET Chinese auto giant BYD surpassed Tesla to become the world’s top electric-vehicle seller in 2025, according to new data released by the two companies. The Chinese automaker has come a long way since 2011, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed BYD as a competitor in a Bloomberg TV interview,…