Gold is having its hottest year in nearly half a century — since the global energy and inflation crises of 1979. DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Tariffs Tariffs
Stories About
Tariffs
Entries in the annual North Dakota State Crop Show competition are displayed at the 88th annual Winter Show in Valley City, N.D. Dan Koeck for NPR hide caption
Containers are piled upon a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 9, 2025. Michael Probst/AP hide caption
Mounds of dried shrimp sit at India's port of Visakhapatnam, where much of the economy is based around seafood exports — chiefly frozen shrimp to the U.S. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
President Trump is seen aboard Marine One before departing from New York City on September 12, 2025, for his Bedminster golf resort in New Jersey. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump holds up a chart on April 2 while announcing tariffs against other countries. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in November on the legality of those tariffs. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to some of Trump's sweeping tariffs
Shipping containers at a Los Angeles rail yard on Sept. 2, 2025, the day that President Trump said he would seek a swift ruling from the Supreme Court on his tariffs. Frederic J. Brown/AFP hide caption
The Reliance Industries oil refinery in Jamnagar, in India's Gujarat state. Researchers say that the refinery gets nearly half its crude oil from Russia and that most of the oil products that the U.S. imports from India are made in this refinery. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Postal Service trucks are parked at a post office in Los Angeles in 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
People use smartphones to film planes fly in formation during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Wednesday. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Freshly picked coffee cherries are washed at a farm in Santa María, Colombia. Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto hide caption
More Colombia, less Brazil? How tariffs could change your morning blend
Workers at a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India, on Monday. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, shown speaking Aug. 15, is due to meet with President Trump during his first visit to Washington, D.C. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
South Korean President Lee to meet with Trump in Washington on Monday
A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Friday. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption
Wheat being harvested in eastern Washington state. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Dependent on foreign sales, U.S. wheat farmers hoping longtime partners stick with them
President Trump is exerting an unprecedented amount of control over the shape and future of U.S. business. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
An aerial view of shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore on Thursday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Kashmiri man walks past a shop displaying stone jewelry and Kashmiri handicrafts in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption