Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the worldβs second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.
The levies as well as trade fighting with Canada are facing a test in the state, where voters appear skeptical of free trade but also of the presidentβs erratic approach.
Atomic Industries in Michigan manufactures products for automotive and defense customers. On balance, its executives say, President Trumpβs tariffs have been helpful to the business.
Germanyβs Neura is one of the companies at the forefront of efforts to use artificial intelligence in robotics, and crucial to whether Europe can close the gap with China.
President Trump at a rally in Georgia on Saturday. By promising to invest in a key battleground state, Volkswagen may be hoping to win concessions from the White House.
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
President Trumpβs novel deal-making is on display in upstate New York, where the administration is funneling Japanese funds into a government-owned chip factory.
Volvoβs chief executive, Hakan Samuelsson, last April. βNobody will be successful with the old recipeβ for selling cars in China, he said Friday. βThose times are gone.β
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