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The 53-foot containers that are vital to the movement of goods into the United States from overseas have been removed from a list of items that would be subject to tariffs on goods arriving from China, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Aug. 13.

Experts in the fields of manufacturing, logistics and the petroleum industry are scheduled to participate in American Trucking Associations’ economic summit in September.

Stamps.com Inc. shares surged Aug. 8 after the company raised the midpoint of its yearly forecast, easing some investors’ worst fears.

While China announced it has halted imports of American soybeans, a mysterious buyer has stepped up. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Aug. 7 a sale of 165,000 metric tons of the oilseed to “unknown destinations.”

The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is nudging the world economy toward its first recession in a decade with investors demanding politicians and central bankers act fast to change course.

Now more than ever, Workhorse looks more like Lordstown’s lottery ticket than a savior to be taken seriously. While it’s hard to imagine at this juncture the company having the capital needed to get GM’s factory humming again, it has a ray of hope to point to: a potentially lucrative contract to build next-generation mail trucks for the U.S. Postal Service.

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said the United States still expects Chinese negotiators to come to Washington for another round of trade talks in September, even after the two nations escalated their trade war.

China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariff threat with another escalation of the trade war Aug. 5, asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products.

Raw materials are reeling after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods, dashing hopes that the two sides might soon negotiate an end to the trade war that’s sapping global growth and demand for commodities.

SEATTLE — A theft ring in Washington state sold millions of dollars’ worth of stolen goods on Amazon.com in the past six years, and a pair of Amazon delivery drivers was involved, recently unsealed federal court documents show.