Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply

2 septembre 2026 à 05:05

Strikes on ports and vessels by both Russia and Ukraine have left farmers facing ruin and could cause another worldwide food shock.

A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.

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Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico

Par : James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas

3 septembre 2026 à 09:49

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

New World screwworm flies in a cage at a facility in Metapa, Mexico, that that produces sterile flies, which when released into the wild slowly reduce the population size.

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At G20 Summit, Some U.S. Allies Push Back on Trump’s Economic Approach

Par : Jim Tankersley

1 septembre 2026 à 22:56

At a summit meant to showcase President Trump’s economic policies as a model for the world, Europeans complained about tariffs and the war with Iran.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and the Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin M. Warsh, met with Group of 20 finance ministers and central banker governors on Tuesday in Asheville, N.C.

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Carney Tells Trump Officials to ‘Stop Throwing Shade’ Over Canada-U.S. Trade Talks

Par : Ian Austen

1 septembre 2026 à 15:47

Amid a trade war, Canada’s Liberals swept three special votes and new polling suggested strong support for Prime Minister Mark Carney and his retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking with reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.

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Bessent Claims Canada Is Too Small to Fight a Trade War With the U.S.

Par : Alan Rappeport

31 août 2026 à 16:47

At gathering of G20 finance ministers, the Treasury secretary accused Canada’s prime minister of starting a “political shouting match” over U.S. trade policies.

The newly opened Gordie Howe International Bridge, linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, last month. Both the United States and Canada have announced high tariffs on each other’s products.

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Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China

Par : Paul Sonne and David Pierson

31 août 2026 à 16:11

A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.

Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.

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Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive Order

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

30 août 2026 à 12:50

Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.

Lake Ontario in Toronto. Ontario is a historical Indigenous name for the lake, predating the creation of Canada and the United States.

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Elbows and Chin Up: A Whirlwind Week in the U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff · Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

29 août 2026 à 06:00

After trade talks collapsed, Mark Carney rallied the nation, Canadian businesses stood defiant, and President Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario.

President Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney are at odds again.

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Carney Has Canadians’ Support on Trump. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

29 août 2026 à 14:10

The U.S.-Canada trade war has galvanized Canadians behind their prime minister’s decision to walk away from negotiations. What happens when the time comes for talks to restart?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, after trade talks with the US collapsed earlier this month.

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Modi Is Hedging Against Trump, One Deal at a Time

Par : Anupreeta Das

29 août 2026 à 00:01

In a year of globe-trotting, the Indian prime minister has secured deals around the world as the United States becomes less dependable.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the Group of 7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, in June. In the past year, Mr. Modi has paid official visits to at least 20 countries.

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Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War

Par : Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati

28 août 2026 à 04:58

Iranians have become increasingly desperate, as they grapple with an economic crisis made worse by the conflict and grow increasingly skeptical about President Trump’s motives.

The most immediate preoccupation for most Iranians is dealing with soaring prices caused by an enduring economic crisis.

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Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War

Par : Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati

28 août 2026 à 04:58

Iranians have become increasingly desperate, as they grapple with an economic crisis made worse by the conflict and grow increasingly skeptical about President Trump’s motives.

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Yielding on French Could Restart Trade Talks, Canadian Officials Say

Par : Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

27 août 2026 à 17:47

Canada’s minister in charge of trade with the U.S. was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. But that was before any mention of Lake Ontario.

Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister responsible for trade with the United States, center, with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada.

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As Anger Grows Over Trump Tariffs, Some in Canada Want Out of U.S. F-35 Deal

Par : Ian Austen

27 août 2026 à 05:03

A year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of President Trump’s latest tariffs.

The F-35 Lightning, made by American defense contractor Lockheed-Martin, costs between $82.5 million and $109 million per plane, depending on the variant.

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Canadians Stand Their Ground Amid New Trump Tariffs and Expanding U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Vjosa Isai

26 août 2026 à 05:03

Business owners are preparing for financial pain after the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. But many Canadians are embracing a show of resistance.

Of Canadian politicians’ responses to the trade war, perhaps the most colorful came from Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, on Monday.

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Gold, Flights, Cryptocurrency: U.S. Vows to Go After More Than Iran’s Oil

Par : Zane Irwin

26 août 2026 à 08:46

The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.

A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. The United States imposed a monthslong blockade on Iran’s shipments of oil, the nation’s economic engine.

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USA vs. Canada

Par : Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer

25 août 2026 à 16:29

Our Canada bureau chief tells us how the countries got into a trade war and how people north of the border are experiencing the rift.

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What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits on Iran Sanctions.

Par : Michael Crowley

25 août 2026 à 15:14

President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.

President Trump has bombarded Iran with new sanctions during his second term, targeting virtually the country’s entire economy.

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Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America as U.S.-Canada Trade War Heats Up

Par : Karoun Demirjian

25 août 2026 à 11:45

The president’s threat is his latest jab at Canada since trade talks between the two countries broke down.

The name of Lake Ontario has become a recent target of President Trump.

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G.O.P. Lawmakers Rebuke Trump on Plan to Increase Beef Imports

Par : Catie Edmondson

25 août 2026 à 13:44

Republicans who have mostly refrained from criticizing the president’s actions have been vocal in opposition to the move, which they say will harm their constituents.

Cattle grazing on a ranch in Gillette, Wyo. “Americans want U.S. beef on the table — not foreign imports,” said Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 2 Republican.

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Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs

Par : Ian Austen

25 août 2026 à 23:02

Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.

The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hundreds of American products including steel.

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How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson

25 août 2026 à 08:39

Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about the trade dispute with the United States on Monday at the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Quebec.

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U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs

Par : Ian Austen

24 août 2026 à 20:33

The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.

Harvested logs in British Columbia in 2023. Canada’s forestry industry may be hit particularly hard by the latest American tariffs.

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Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans

Par : Bayliss Wagner

24 août 2026 à 09:30

A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.

President Trump arriving aboard Air Force One at Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 14.

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Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War

Par : Erika Solomon

23 août 2026 à 13:00

Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.

Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s new security chief, last month in Tehran. Though hostilities have largely ceased, the United States and Iran are locked in an economic standoff.

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U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations

Par : The New York Times

25 août 2026 à 14:49

Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney retaliated “dollar for dollar.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the trade dispute with the United States in Levis, Quebec, on Aug. 24.

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What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.

Par : Ian Austen

23 août 2026 à 05:44

Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.

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The World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats

Par : Somini Sengupta

23 août 2026 à 14:02

Bad harvests and attacks on trade passages threaten to drive food prices higher.

A combine harvester threshing wheat in a field in Seeluebbe, Germany, this month. Yields in the country are down for several crops, including wheat, because of drought and heat.

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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected

Par : Ana Swanson

23 août 2026 à 10:43

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.

Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said Canada would have been given the most preferential treatment of any trading partner.

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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation

Par : Ian Austen

22 août 2026 à 16:35

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had pulled negotiators out of trade talks with the United States because the Trump administration had “asked too much and offered too little.”

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Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

23 août 2026 à 03:15

Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly.

Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said on Saturday that “Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.”

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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

21 août 2026 à 20:06

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.

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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff · Ian Austen and Ana Swanson

22 août 2026 à 11:59

Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he suspended the trade talks because the American side introduced last-minute terms that ”called into question the reliability of any deal.”

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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

21 août 2026 à 12:22

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Par : David Pierson and Berry Wang

21 août 2026 à 09:44

Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.

Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.

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The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

Par : Anton Troianovski and Alan Rappeport

20 août 2026 à 22:58

President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.

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Trump Tariff Talks Leave Key Canadian Official Hopeful

Par : Ian Austen and Ana Swanson

21 août 2026 à 10:30

While President Trump has declared that the two countries effectively have a deal, a Canadian trade official said progress continued ahead of the Saturday deadline.

Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian minister in charge of U.S. trade, arriving to meet with Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, on Thursday in Washington.

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What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf Countries

Par : Pranav Baskar

19 août 2026 à 18:12

The United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.

Smoke billowing from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in March.

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Trump and Canada’s Carney Seem to Make Progress on a Tariff Deal, but Questions Linger

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson

19 août 2026 à 16:45

After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.